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Title: Los Angeles resident ordered to use Touch ID to unlock iPhone for FBI Post by: HCK on May 03, 2016, 04:05:19 pm Los Angeles resident ordered to use Touch ID to unlock iPhone for FBI
A federal court has issued a search warrant compelling a Los Angeles resident to unlock her iPhone using Touch ID so that the FBI can gather evidence from it. While courts have issued similar orders before, this is the first time it has happened in a federal case, and a rare example of such a warrant being issued. From the Los Angeles Times: There, authorities obtained a search warrant compelling the girlfriend of an alleged Armenian gang member to press her finger against an iPhone that had been seized from a Glendale home. The phone contained Apple's fingerprint identification system for unlocking, and prosecutors wanted access to the data inside it. The U.S. Supreme Court has previously held that a warrant may compel someone to unlock their phone with their fingerprint, as a fingerprint is thought to be physical evidence, which a person in custody may be required to provide. However, one case held that a password cannot be compelled because disclosing it could be tantamou... Source: Los Angeles resident ordered to use Touch ID to unlock iPhone for FBI (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheIphoneBlog/~3/A_QYpWMQPkw/woman-ordered-open-iphone-using-touch-id-federal-case) |