Feds Can't Force You to Unlock Your iPhone with Finger or Face, Judge Rules

Re:Feds Can't Force You to Unlock Your iPhone with Finger or... by leggomylibro on Monday January 14, 2019 @05:25PM (#18907106)

They're notoriously inaccurate, but I don't think that courts have given up on them yet. And if you think that's bad, just wait until you're given an inaccurate brain scan to tell whether you're lying.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016926070...

>The rates of correct detection in guilty and innocent subjects were 86%, which was better than other previously used methods.

Eh, that sounds close enough to 'beyond a reasonable doubt', right?

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Re:Feds Can't Force You to Unlock Your iPhone with Finger or... by daxorid on Monday January 14, 2019 @05:44PM (#18907261)

Eyewitness testimony is also extraordinarily inaccurate, but courts overwhelmingly consider it as strong evidence of guilt.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/do-the-eyes-have-...

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Re:Feds Can't Force You to Unlock Your iPhone with Finger or... by jdironman on Monday January 14, 2019 @05:46PM (#18907281)

People win the lottery every day and those odds are very much against thrm, but they play the odds in hopes of a positive outcome. When talking about life and liberty and negative consequences there should be as few chances taken as possible. I don't think 86% is the best we can do.

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