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Cops can force suspect to unlock phone with thumbprint, US court rules (arstechnica.com)

submitted 8 months ago by TaviRider@reddthat.com to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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The legal situation is more complex and nuanced than the headline implies, so the article is worth reading. This adds another ruling to the confusing case history regarding forced biometric unlocking.

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[–] Lycist@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Hmm, is there an app/feature where if I use my thumb-print instead of say, my fore-finger print, it wipes the phone instead?

[–] Firipu@startrek.website 4 points 8 months ago

I looked into it a few years ago. Eg left thumb locks biometrics and requires pw (thus saving you from this particular law) . Right thumb just unlocks like normal.

Back then it was impossible, because biometrics couldn't differentiate between fingerprints for lord knows which security reason.

No idea if there is a solution for this already, but imo it would be a very important security feature.

[–] Hominine@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Tasker does this on android and the event can be chained to launch scripts and apps.

[–] maseo@rebel.ar 1 points 8 months ago

@Lycist
For convenience, I use biometrics to unlock a few apps. But I haven't found a way to do that and be able to use only pin to unlock the phone (android)
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