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Title: NJ Supreme Court rules you can be forced to give up your phone’s passcode Post by: HCK on August 12, 2020, 04:05:19 pm NJ Supreme Court rules you can be forced to give up your phone’s passcode
Only using a passcode may not protect you from law enforcement anymore. What you need to know A ruling by the New Jersey Supreme Court came out Monday. It compelled a defendant to provide his phone's passcode to investigators. The ruling elevates the fight between law enforcement and privacy advocates. Using a passcode instead of biometric authentication may no longer protect your data from law enforcement. Reported by northjersey.com, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Monday that a criminal defendant can be forced to provide the passcode to their phone to investigators. The court rejected the argument from the defense that this violated one's rights against self-incrimination guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution. In a closely watched case, the state's top court narrowly sided with prosecutors seeking access to the phone data of a former Essex County sheriff's officer accused of secretly working with a Bloods street gang. The court ruled 4-3,... Source: NJ Supreme Court rules you can be forced to give up your phone’s passcode (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheIphoneBlog/~3/iKiEx6jbCfI/nj-supreme-court-rules-you-can-be-forced-give-your-phones-passcode) |