Police Can Force You to Use Your Fingerprint to Unlock Your Phone

Posted by Kevin Welch | May 3, 2016 | Privacy | 0

Locking your iPhone with your fingerprint as opposed to a passcode might not be as secure as you thought it was.

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/05/iphone-fingerprint-search-warrant/480861/

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