Appeals court rules that cops can physically make you unlock your phone
reason.com
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.
  • Madison420@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    5 months ago

    My house key identifies me almost as well as my license. Seems like if they can use my thumb to unlock and enter my phone they could use my house key to unlock and enter my house.

    • Boozilla@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      3·
      5 months ago

      I guess the distinction might be: your fingerprints are physical attributes of your physical person. Your house & house key are objects / property owned by you.

      • Lord Wiggle@lemmy.worldEnglish
        9·
        5 months ago

        So if you have a fingerprint smart lock cops don’t need a warent to enter your house?

        A phone is also property owned by you. Or by the company you work for, so it’s not even yours.