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A comment on Judge Grants Search Warrant Forcing Woman to Unlock iPhone with Touch ID. Parent comment

Re:Judge Grants Search Warrant Forcing Woman to Unlock iPhon... by maaku on Monday May 02, 2016 @01:18PM (#11613397)
> You can be compelled to provide fingerprints based on a warrant; I'm unsurprised (and not particularly bothered) that you can be compelled to use them on your own device.

5th amendment.

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Re:Judge Grants Search Warrant Forcing Woman to Unlock iPhon... by eganist on Monday May 02, 2016 @01:33PM (#11613554)
Doesn't apply, and this isn't the first opinion to come to that conclusion either.

http://pilotonline.com/news/local/crime/police-can-require-c...

5th amendment appears to be restricted to what you know based on all available rulings thus far. A password would fall under "what you know."

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