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Re:FBI agrees to unlock iPhone for Arkansas prosecutor by XorNot on Thursday March 31, 2016 @05:09AM (#11395891)
Or you know, just lift one off the case which you spend all day touching with the fingers you use the phone with.
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Re:FBI agrees to unlock iPhone for Arkansas prosecutor by TillE on Thursday March 31, 2016 @11:11AM (#11397731)
Unless they already have a routine procedure for doing this, that's just not going to happen within 48 hours (the TouchID timeout) of seizing the device in a normal criminal case.
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