DC: Law enforcement officials are using dead people’s fingers to unlock iPhones needed for investigative purposes, and it’s completely legal “even if there might be some ethical quandaries to consider,” according to Forbes.
Fingerprints are used instead of passwords to access smartphone data because it’s an easier and more memorable process, but as it turns out, fingerprint-recognition technology isn’t only appealing to consumers. Police have been taking advantage of the relatively new smartphone security feature as well.
Sources close to police investigations that have used this technique in New York and Ohio say it’s “relatively common” for authorities to unlock iPhones holding potentially important information using the fingerprints of their deceased owners. more here
Yet another situation the police take extra liberties: “Until the court tells us we can’t, we will continue to do this unethical behavior.”
–Sounds exactly like liberalism: “If the Constitution doesn’t explicitly say we CAN’T do this, then we can.”
Do your eyes have to be open to use facial recognition?
The picture of that girl never fails to make me chuckle.
Are these the same dead people any relation to the dead people who vote in the general election?
This is the reason why you use a password. A court cannot compel you to reveal a thought.
I always figured that this was how they unlocked the San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone.
Retinal recognition
https://youtu.be/CbM–4-z0cs
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Sometimes I’m ashamed that I invented fingerprints.
How about if I don’t imply consent to search just because I left this corporeal platform.
@Brian Williams: How do you think I feel about inventing the Internet?
@Al Gore: I know – it’s Hell being a genius AND a sex symbol.
I’m sure you suffer, as much as I.
Your government routinely gives itself permission to violate your rights, dead or alive, with alarming frequency.
What if you use your 11th “finger” to unlock your phone? (Asking for a friend)