Appeals Court Rules That Cops Can Physically Make You Unlock Your Phone
https://reason.com/2024/04/19/appeal...ck-your-phone/
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.
JOE LANCASTER | 4.19.2024 12:50 PM
As we keep more and more personal data on our phones, iPhone and Android devices now have some of the most advanced encryption technology in existence to keep that information safe from prying eyes. The easiest way around that, of course, is for someone to gain access to your phone.
This week, a federal court decided that police officers can make you unlock your phone, even by physically forcing you to press your thumb against it....
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