Police Are Using Dead People’s Fingers To Unlock iPhones – IOTW Report

Police Are Using Dead People’s Fingers To Unlock iPhones

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

 

13 Comments on Police Are Using Dead People’s Fingers To Unlock iPhones

  1. …it’s completely legal “even if there might be some ethical quandaries to consider,”

    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.”

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