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A comment on FBI's ability to legally access secure messaging app content and metadata [pdf]. Parent comment

Re:FBI's ability to legally access secure messaging app cont... by kingcharles on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @06:39PM (#29398873)
You are wrong. It protects passwords as speech, as they are testimonial, per many court rulings. It does not protect biometrics based on law that basically says the police can force you to give up your fingerprints for their records, so they can sure as fuck force your finger onto a reader.
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Re:FBI's ability to legally access secure messaging app cont... by jfrunyon on Friday December 10, 2021 @03:36PM (#29515156)
(Oh and by the way, as I mentioned in the comment you replied to, the fifth amendment DOES NOT PROTECT SPEECH. That's the FIRST amendment. The FIFTH amendment protects AGAINST SELF-INCRIMINATION.)
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Re:FBI's ability to legally access secure messaging app cont... by jfrunyon on Wednesday December 01, 2021 @03:51PM (#29408977)
> It protects passwords as speech, as they are testimonial, per many court rulings.

Not true.

https://www.reuters.com/business/legal/us-supreme-court-nixe... for example.

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Re:FBI's ability to legally access secure messaging app cont... by xuki on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @07:06PM (#29399047)
Can they force someone to LOOK at the phone? FaceID with attention check will need you to look before it opens.
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Re:FBI's ability to legally access secure messaging app cont... by fragmede on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @10:58PM (#29400499)
Arguably, yes. That's why it's important to know the shortcut on iOS to render faceid inoperable until you give it the password - mash the power button five times fast!
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