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The government wants your fingerprint to unlock your phone. Should that be allowed?

on April 30, 2016

"But Albert Gidari, the director of privacy at Stanford Law School's Center for Internet and Society, said the action might not violate the 5th Amendment prohibition of self-incrimination.

"Unlike disclosing passcodes, you are not compelled to speak or say what's 'in your mind' to law enforcement," Gidari said. "'Put your finger here' is not testimonial or self-incriminating.""

Date Published:04/30/2016
Original Publication:Los Angeles Times

Published in: Press , Fifth Amendment , FBI , Privacy