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Privacy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months ago

[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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Privacy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months ago

Appeals court rules that cops can physically make you unlock 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.

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6 months ago
Luckily GrapheneOS has a duress passowrd feature. Very useful for these situatuons!
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  How does it work? Can someone use a specified finger to trigger the password requirement?
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    6 months ago
    Passcode. Not fingerprint.
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      6 months ago
      Ah. Then I guess I don’t see how this is related to the post.