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Because you have a right not to incriminate yourself. Fingerprints can be used to unlock phones because your fingerprint is part of evidence. Passcodes cannot
by ethanbond 11y ago
Because you have a right not to incriminate yourself.
Fingerprints can be used to unlock phones because your fingerprint is part of evidence.
Passcodes cannot be used to unlock phones because your passcode is information that's gained through testimony, and the 5th Amendment protects you from self-incrimination.
- techabuse 11y agoHaven't some courts been going back and forth on whether it's 5th amendment kosher to compel someone to enter a passphrase and decrypt data on disk? I seem to remember a case involving mortgage fraud or similar.