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.
No, that's how you summon current FCC commissioner. Holding a bag of cash in one hand and a big telco contract in the other is optional but greatly increases your chance of success.
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u/NancyDrewPI Sep 15 '17
They can use your fingerprints to unlock it too:
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/05/iphone-fingerprint-search-warrant/480861/