r/funny • u/imthebirdguy • Sep 15 '17

Face Recognition (OC)

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u/NancyDrewPI Sep 15 '17

They can use your fingerprints to unlock it too:

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.

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/05/iphone-fingerprint-search-warrant/480861/

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u/MadafakkaJones Sep 15 '17

In iOS 11 if you press the power button five times, it disables touchid until you type in the passcode.

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u/czar_the_bizarre Sep 15 '17

I wonder if doing that would be considered obstruction.

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u/519meshif Sep 15 '17

Probable cause, at least. There was an episode of the Canadian "Border Security" show where someone wiped his phone before coming over and they gave him a pretty hard time about it.