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[USA] Appeals court rules that cops can physically make you unlock your phone

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[USA] Appeals court rules that cops can physically make you unlock your phone

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Boozilla to Privacy@lemmy.worldEnglish •
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Appeals court rules that cops can physically make you unlock your phone
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The 9th Circuit determined that forcibly mashing a suspect's thumb into his phone to unlock it was akin to fingerprinting him at the police station.
  • @Raiderkev@lemmy.world
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    Or power it off when they ask for it to disable biometric unlock.

    • @starman2112@sh.itjust.works
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      Not always an option. Sometimes reaching for your phone to turn it off will get you killed. Just don’t use biometrics.

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