For iPhones and Android devices, you can create a standalone "app" that looks like a real lock screen.
: It claims the computer is "blocked" due to illegal online activity, such as copyright violations, child pornography, or terrorism. Device Lockdown Fake FBI Lock Warining Screen Prank
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I need to check why my own browser just displayed an FBI seal. I definitely didn't download that movie. Probably. For iPhones and Android devices, you can create
Mark thought he had won the prank war. He had scared Dave so thoroughly that he had surrendered to an imaginary cyber-police force. I definitely didn't download that movie
The FBI Lock Warning Screen remains the most legendary prank in Apartment 4B history—not because it was the funniest, but because it was the only one that almost ended with a SWAT team breaching the living room.
The prank typically involves displaying a full-screen image or a persistent browser pop-up that mimics the official and a stern legal warning.