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Boozilla@lemmy.world to Privacy@lemmy.worldEnglish ·
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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@lemmy.world 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.
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    Interesting to see this one pop up again.

    Steve Lehto did a good overview of this from a legal perspective

    Especially the warrant argument. Dude was on parole, warrant would be an easy get instead of just being lazy.

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