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Unfortunately in the US, the police can coerce you into unlocking your electronic devices using biometric authentication methods. So I could care less if there
by NewJazz 2y ago
Unfortunately in the US, the police can coerce you into unlocking your electronic devices using biometric authentication methods. So I could care less if there is a fingerprint reader on my laptop.
- tcsenpai 2y agoWell is still way faster than typing a reasonable secure password but I mean, if someone cares these are the drivers lol
- gerdesj 2y agoUse someone else's finger. Only an amateur uses their own!
- DeathArrow 2y agoWhere do you keep someone else's finger?
- gerdesj 2y agoOn their hands. If you need more than ten, just get another person. This scheme scales linearly.
- tcsenpai 2y agolookup resin finger on youtube (tbh on invidious) and hack the world
- karma_pharmer 2y agoup your... nose, of course.
- jjeaff 2y agoI have also seen a recent case where they forced someone to give up their password. So I'm not sure you are safe either way.
- UncleEntity 2y agoRiley v. California says police need to get a warrant to search a cellphone. The 9th Circuit ruled that forcing a subject to unlock a cellphone using biometrics authorized under a general search condition of his parole wasn't a 5th Amendment violation. A police officer on the side of the road can't compel someone to unlock their phone to perform a warrantless search.
- bongodongobob 2y agoThey can compel you by throwing you in jail until you do. Ask me how I know.
- justinclift 2y agoDetails? :)
- tcsenpai 2y agohow you know
- UncleEntity 2y agoI've been watching a ton of youtube bodycam videos on bad police arrests so... That being said, they can't legally do this.
- AzzyHN 2y agoThis means nothing. A password is protected under the constitution until it isn't. As laws like the Patriot Act show, the bill of rights is just a suggestion. If what you might have on your laptop is incriminating enough, they'll force you to give up your password, or just hold you in jail until you do.
- pessimizer 2y ago> or just hold you in jail until you do. Which may be your preference, and an option you wouldn't have with biometrics. What if you only need to hold out for a month, a week, or just a day?