Another judge has ruled that the U.S. government can't force you to unlock your phone with your fingerprint by iblametom
Share to twitterA U.S. judge rules individuals can't be compelled to open smartphones with their fingerprints. He rejected a government request to force unlock a Google Pixel device with an individual's finger. American police might think it's acceptable to force people to unlock smartphones with their fingers, but increasingly U.S. judges are disagreeing. In Idaho, a just-unsealed
There are few details about the Idaho case available. The ruling reveals an unnamed individual is being investigated for possible possession of child pornography. When the police entered a property of interest, they found the Google device in a bathroom. But it was locked and they didn't have the tech to break through Google's encryption to access the data within.
But Judge Bush, citing a similar previous ruling in Illinois in 2017 that was overturned, wrote:"The same constitutional heartwood is found in this case, where the use of the individual’s biometrics may incriminate the individual by providing evidence of some association or 'relatively significant connection' with the phone and, therefore, its contents.
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