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.
  • 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.