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Bio identification is for usernames... not passwords. NEVER use a fingerprint or an iris scan for a password. That's insane! Just don't do it.
Well out of convenience you kind of have to. But if you really wanted to you can just disable it at ports of entry.
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Most people don't have attackers going after them who are harvesting fingerprints to get into their devices.
Am I wrong that an (inevitable) biometric data breach would mean this can be done on the cheap (if you were unlucky enough to have given your data to a third party)?
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Well out of convenience you kind of have to. But if you really wanted to you can just disable it at ports of entry.
Which is easy enough to do on iOS: Hit the sleep/wake button 5 times quickly.
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Police are absolutely allowed to lie during an interrogation. I’ve seen it done multiple times. The most disturbing interrogation I’ve ever seen was actually the one where a teenager murdered his own father while under the influence of magic mushrooms. He was taken into the interrogation room shortly after the murder but enough time had elapsed that he was sober and just starting to understand the gravity of what he…
Did you expect the guy to get off free for murder?
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Bio identification is for usernames... not passwords. NEVER use a fingerprint or an iris scan for a password. That's insane! Just don't do it.
Well out of convenience you kind of have to. But if you really wanted to you can just disable it at ports of entry.
What a sentence.
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What if they have a warrant? At that point I would argue that you are not self-incriminating. In my mind, it's like if the police had a warrant to search your apartment and you didn't let them in.
More like: Police: "We have a warrant for your apartment, let us in" Suspect: "Sorry, I lost the key when I went hiking in the Rocky Mountains, there's no way in. Oh, and be aware that if you try to force your way in more than 5 times, the apartment will catch fire and destroy everything inside" What would happen in this case? Can the suspect be held in contempt?
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Let’s hope the Supreme Court hears it and it stands.
It won't stand because it's not pragmatic. The issue around 'passwords being in your mind' is interesting, but they'll move past it. If you have evidence of a crime on your phone, it must be part of the process. There's nothing remotely unlawful about search of property so long as there is merit, oversight, warrant etc.. Ultimately, this will be no different than searching your car. Now, the cops doing it without a w…
Just having an opinion about the case isn't all that interesting, and other people have said roughly the same thing on this thread, so what I'd like to contribute is the offer to go in on a long bet against the precedential value of this particular case. If it's eventually overturned, $100 to the charity of my choice; if it's exhausted procedurally and allowed to stand, $100 to yours. Any takers?
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Bio identification is for usernames... not passwords. NEVER use a fingerprint or an iris scan for a password. That's insane! Just don't do it.
Most people don't have attackers going after them who are harvesting fingerprints to get into their devices.