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Re:DPA blocks facial recognition system in Italy and MP prop... by ad404b8a372f2b9 on Thursday April 29, 2021 @10:23AM (#26981534)
We're not talking about the same adversaries here. If the police unlock people's phone by pointing it at their face it'll be done with impunity and in a widespread manner. Less so if they start cutting off fingers.
Re:DPA blocks facial recognition system in Italy and MP prop... by ajdude on Thursday April 29, 2021 @12:57PM (#26983604)
In the U.S. at least, passwords are protected under the 5th amendment but you can be ordered to unlock a phone with a fingerprint or a face since it's something you are and not something you know.
Re:DPA blocks facial recognition system in Italy and MP prop... by Mediterraneo10 on Thursday April 29, 2021 @01:12PM (#26983806)
> passwords are protected under the 5th amendment

This is not the case, at least, the law is not very settled in that direction. There has been at least one famous case [0] where an appeals court found that a defendant could be help in contempt of court and imprisoned for refusing to provide his password.

[0] https://www.theregister.com/2017/03/20/appeals_court_contemp...

Re:DPA blocks facial recognition system in Italy and MP prop... by xxs on Thursday April 29, 2021 @10:27AM (#26981596)
State actors would have zero issues lifting a fingerprint off a phone, then making a prop for the sensor. Alternatively all they need is a minor tranquilizer and there you go, provided the human asset is available.
Re:DPA blocks facial recognition system in Italy and MP prop... by ad404b8a372f2b9 on Thursday April 29, 2021 @01:06PM (#26983720)
Sorry I was unclear, I meant "cutting fingers" as an example of torture meant to extract passwords, not in the sense that they'd use the finger to unlock the phone. Face-ID and fingerprints share the same issues compared to a password.