What if you have face unlock?
this post was submitted on 16 Dec 2023
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
Criminal suspects can refuse to provide phone passcodes to police under the US Constitution's Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination, according to a unanimous ruling issued today by Utah's state Supreme Court.
Police officers obtained a search warrant for the contents of Valdez's phone but couldn't crack his passcode.
At his trial, the state "elicited testimony from the detective about Valdez's refusal to provide his passcode when asked," today's ruling said.
"And during closing arguments, the State argued in rebuttal that Valdez's refusal and the resulting lack of evidence from his cell phone undermined the veracity of one of his defenses.
"While these circumstances involve modern technology in a scenario that the Supreme Court has not yet addressed, we conclude that these facts present a more straightforward question that is answered by settled Fifth Amendment principles."
"One of the major issues in the law of digital evidence investigations is how the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination applies to unlocking phones," Kerr wrote.
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What about biometrics?
I’m sorry, but this headline is weird to me because “I forgot my passcode” if a cop ever asks me for it.
That's for including jurisdiction in the headline like we've all been asking for. V helpful.