Fossifoo [comrade/them]

You can long press the power off button and select lockdown. But biometrics can also be disabled in the settings for unlocking the phone in general but still active for usage when the phone is unlocked, e.g. for banking and 2-factor.

I was under the impression that not only has this been the (German) law for decades, it used to be the only legal way of installing spyware and also exfiltrating data. But I can’t be assed to look it up.