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Utah Supreme Court says suspects can refuse to hand over phone passwords to the police | Other state Supreme Courts disagree and the case would wind up before the US Supreme Court::undefined

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[-] CaptainSpaceman@lemmy.world 34 points 11 months ago

5A protections SHOULD cover divulging passwords or being forced to supply biometrics as a password.

Now, if the police/feds can take fingerprints obtained at booking and use a 3d printer to simulate that finger and then use that fake finger to open a lock, then I dont think 5A would protect that. Thats just crafty detective work.

[-] Scirocco@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago

It's pretty well established that any biometric can just be taken from you


facial recognition is super easy and it won't be hard to force your thumb onto the sensor.

This is also the case for things like blood draw for blood alcohol testing.

The only unlock key that's (probably) truly yours is something inside your brain.

[-] CaptainSpaceman@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

Being well established and being valid are two different things.

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