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Re:Feds Can't Force You to Unlock Your iPhone with Finger or... by swiftcoder on Monday January 14, 2019 @10:45PM (#18908710)
Phone's have serial numbers tied to the hardware. It's certainly possible to prove that a given phone is the same physical unit that one purchased.
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Re:Feds Can't Force You to Unlock Your iPhone with Finger or... by dmitrygr on Monday January 14, 2019 @11:27PM (#18908856)
Which does not in any way prove that it is yours. Over my lifetime I purchased over 30 phones. Only two of them are currently mine. If you were to place another one I have purchased, but long ago sold in my possession, that would not be enough to prove that it is currently mine. if I happen to know the password, that might be very convincing.
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