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I think they can legally fingerprint you and use that to unlock the phone but they cannot force you to reveal your password because you would be forced to incri
by n0us 11y ago
I think they can legally fingerprint you and use that to unlock the phone but they cannot force you to reveal your password because you would be forced to incriminate yourself. (If you did in fact commit a crime)
- avn2109 11y agoThis is just more evidence supporting the claim, which has already been persuasively argued elsewhere, [0] that fingerprints are usernames, not passwords. [0] http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2013/10/fingerprints-are-user-names-not.html http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2013/10/fingerprints-are-user...
- schrodinger 11y agoIt's way more nuanced than that. Fingerprints are certainly way more like a password versus an adversary like a crazy girlfriend who gets your phone, but closer to a username against a very formidable adversary. Certainly not equal though.
- calgoo 11y agoSo more like a token?