Appeals court rules that cops can physically make you unlock your phone
reason.com
The 9th Circuit determined that forcibly mashing a suspect's thumb into his phone to unlock it was akin to fingerprinting him at the police station.
  • @[email protected]English
    15•3 months ago

    You don’t “give” your *biometrics to any of them. Your biometric data is used to encrypt and store each services password hash or auth token on your device.

    *At least when it comes to login authentication. Nothing stopping them from acquiring your biometric data from a hundred data brokers.