Appeals court rules that cops can physically make you unlock your phone
reason.com
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.
  • Maggoty@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 months ago

    The appeals courts are always willing to test SCOTUS decisions. Now it’s up to SCOTUS to defend it or not. It was a unanimous decision, specifically based on data privacy rights. So there’s actually hope for it.