[ NNSquad ] Judge rules police can compel a defendant to give up a fingerprint, but not a passcode

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

Judge rules police can compel a defendant to give up a fingerprint,
but not a passcode

(Washington Post): http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/10/31/the-switchboard-judge-rules-police-can-compel-a-defendant-to-give-up-a-fingerprint-but-not-a-passcode/

      A Circuit Court judge has ruled that a criminal defendant can be
      compelled to give up his fingerprint, but not his pass code, to allow
      police to open and search his cellphone ...

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Note that this is a lower court decision, and only applies to police
pre-warrant. A court can still order you to give up passcodes and
keys, and apply a range of penalties if you refuse.

--Lauren--
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