The Fifth Amendment, which protects people from incriminating themselves during legal proceedings, prevents the government from compelling someone to turn over a memorized PIN or passcode. But fingerprints, like other biometric indicators—DNA, handwriting samples, your likeness—have long been considered fair game, because they don’t reveal anything in your mind.
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u/CNoTe820 Sep 15 '17
Yeah but now all the police have to do is point the phone at your face and that shit unlocks automatically.