jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 7 months agoCops can force suspect to unlock phone with thumbprint, US court rulesarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square169fedilinkarrow-up1480arrow-down17cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
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minus-squareANNOFlo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·7 months agoSamsung phones have a lockdown mode you can get to when you keep the power button pressed (like when you want to shut down). The legal situation is the same here in Germany - fingerprint unlock can be forced, regular pin or other measures not.
minus-squareKrzd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 months agoFaceID can also be forced, they aren’t allowed to force you to give up anything you “know” as in pin/password/pattern etc.
Samsung phones have a lockdown mode you can get to when you keep the power button pressed (like when you want to shut down). The legal situation is the same here in Germany - fingerprint unlock can be forced, regular pin or other measures not.
FaceID can also be forced, they aren’t allowed to force you to give up anything you “know” as in pin/password/pattern etc.