App-lock focus apps lack an emergency-unlock path for urgent needs
A user of an app that locks distracting apps at night asks what happens if a locked app is urgently needed, such as for a rideshare booking or two-factor login, and whether it can be unlocked without disabling the entire lock. The question surfaces a real design gap in digital-wellbeing/app-locking tools between strict distraction-blocking and legitimate urgent access.
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