Cops can force your finger onto an iPhone to see if it unlocks, says judge

The warrant, issued April 18, is due to be executed by May 2, though it’s not clear if it has been carried out yet, and therefore if the agents have been able to force Brito-Pina’s fingers, or anyone else’s digits, onto mobiles seized at the apartment, including his own iPhone. The case for the search warrant notes that the investigative process that led agents to Brito-Pina’s was in large part thanks to information gleaned from other people’s cellphones, including text messages, drop-off locations stored in the Waze navigation app, and photos of illegal guns taken by people on their own phones – often featuring them posing with the guns. The warrant even gives the cops the right to force anyone in the apartment at the time of the raid to put their fingers on any mobile device they find – something that has judges in other jurisdictions have balked at in the past.

Source: www.theregister.co.uk