Bev in TX wrote:
?I recently read that in parts of the USA, if you use biometrics on your devices, then the police can legally use your biometrics to access your data without a search warrant. ?But they can¡¯t force you to give your device passcodes.
Correct.
Fingerprinting suspects was ruled as NOT unconstitutional decades ago, and as a consequence utilizing a fingerprint, or, by extension, other biometrics, is permissible.
But the 1st Amendment speech rights include the right NOT to say, or write, any particular thing ¨C including your password(s).
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