Forcing people to unlock encrypted messaging with their biometrics is unprecedented—and controversial. That’s because of an illogical quirk in U.S. law. From iblametom, on the unprecedented type of search warrant the FBI used to unlock the Wickr app:
A warrant allowed FBI agents in Tennessee to force a suspect to unlock his encrypted Amazon messaging app, Wickr, with his face. It's an unprecedented move by the feds.The feds are using an unprecedented type of search warrant to obtain encrypted communications that the agency says are nearly impossible to access otherwise.
method to force one member to unlock the encrypted messaging app using his face. The FBI has previously forced users to unlock an iPhone with Face ID, but this search warrant, obtained by, represents the first known public record of a U.S. law enforcement agency getting a judge’s permission to unlock an encrypted messaging app with someone’s biometrics.
“Most courts are going to find they can force you to use your face to unlock your phone because it's not compelling you to speak or incriminate yourself...” Forcing people to unlock encrypted messaging with their biometrics is unprecedented — and controversial. That’s because of an illogical quirk in U.S. law: Courts across the U.S. have not allowed investigators to compel people to hand over a passcode for phones or apps, but they have allowed them to repeatedly unlock phones using biometrics. That’s despite the obvious fact that the result is the same.
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