can you set up a locking manager so when you log in with specific username/password it doesnt let you in and just takes a photo?

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  • pam-duress

    A Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) which allows the establishment of alternate passwords that can be used to perform actions to clear sensitive data, notify IT/Security staff, close off sensitive network connections, etc if a user is coerced into giving a threat actor a password.

  • This repo gives you one such tool. It triggers a script when a specific password is used, and can then hand over control to the usual unlocking process or not (as you asked for). The script is whatever you want: taking a pic, maybe transmit it over the internet, possibly including live video, audio and location, distress message, etc. The script can also erase the app, itself and the log entries, then unlocking as if nothing had happend. A downside is that, at least from the repo description and instructions, the Duress action triggers on specific user and password, not on anything but the correct combination. Still, you asked for specific user and password.

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