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[USA] Appeals court rules that cops can physically make you unlock your phone (reason.com)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Biometrics are not secret and should not be used in place of passwords. They are identity like a user name. It's the same problem with orgs trying to use ssn as a security challenge, with all the beaches pretty much everyone's is already public knowledge.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

For some reason the typo on beaches got me to laugh. Beaches are a very revealing place I suppose, I felt exposed already when I went to them.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

i disagree, while not secret, i think a warrant should be required to use them, since it effectively bypasses password auth.