[USA] Appeals court rules that cops can physically make you unlock your phone
[USA] 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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What a terrible decision. That's like saying if you have a house key they can search your house.
197 0 ReplyThere’s a reason they keep you focused on the first two amendments. Don’t want you realizing how comfortable they are with unregulated search and seizure.
Honestly idk how the civil forfeiture can possibly be considered constitutional
46 0 ReplyThey can't be, at least not without a trial.
That won't stop the Court.
9 0 ReplySneaky fuckers thought I forgot about the third amendment.
4 0 ReplySoldiers keep trying to sleep with your spouse?
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they did in fact use the data seized from his phone to find his house, then took his key and searched it
10 0 ReplyThere are finger print locks for doors available commercially too
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