{"id":46197,"date":"2014-10-31T16:55:44","date_gmt":"2014-10-31T22:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/31\/so-heres-another-good-reason-to-not-use-fingerprint-recognition.html"},"modified":"2014-11-05T08:59:11","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T15:59:11","slug":"so-heres-another-good-reason-to-not-use-fingerprint-recognition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/31\/so-heres-another-good-reason-to-not-use-fingerprint-recognition.html","title":{"rendered":"So here&#039;s another good reason to not use fingerprint recognition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Because at least one judge thinks (with reasons I suspect will be sustained) that the police can make you use your fingerprint to unlock things, even if they can&#39;t force you to enter a PIN or password.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sm2wpreshared\">Originally shared by <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930'>+Al Hunt<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Ohhhhhhhhh&#8230;. Kay.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='http:\/\/mashable.com\/2014\/10\/30\/cops-can-force-you-to-unlock-phone-with-fingerprint-ruling\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&#038;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_source=rss'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/XHlZPvwcxV1y6pv9eWFxGIWDarawAD2sU7ijmE1GLmWvEoxJF3VgUP3x7asCx0-K8g7d_r7RVelUOm1kK6JVeTFcv7ssa4YlIxv9M5lRIqZu1kBLT8_qlpZUBb9xJ7fbVs8a_AwqxUhZbcBj-VIONZ1hl5wUJOIKD0n-jI-HV3FF4DM5QMJVQVXbBrbtYzI4eK5logQPAcFb8agXJfLWo1E=w506-h303' border='0' \/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='http:\/\/mashable.com\/2014\/10\/30\/cops-can-force-you-to-unlock-phone-with-fingerprint-ruling\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&#038;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_source=rss'>Cops can make you unlock your smartphone with fingerprint, says judge<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nCops can force you to unlock your smartphone with your fingerprint, but can&#8217;t force you to unlock it with your passcode, according to a judge in Virginia.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/V1rA7oxctC5'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Because at least one judge thinks (with reasons I suspect will be sustained) that the police can make you use your fingerprint to unlock things, even if they can&#39;t force you to enter a PIN or password. Originally shared by +Al Hunt: Ohhhhhhhhh&#8230;. Kay. Cops can make you unlock your smartphone with fingerprint, says judge &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/31\/so-heres-another-good-reason-to-not-use-fingerprint-recognition.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;So here&#039;s another good reason to not use fingerprint recognition&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,350,20,132],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-civil-liberties","category-hi-tech","category-privacy"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6107,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/05\/18\/i_am_not_a_numb.html","url_meta":{"origin":46197,"position":0},"title":"I am not a number!  At least &#8212; not a unique one!","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 18-May-04 9:50pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Because if you can't trust fingerprint and expensive computerized fingerprint systems, who can you trust? Benson was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 days for carrying a firearm when a convicted felon,...","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Homeland Security&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Homeland Security","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/politics-law\/homeland-security"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":51432,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/06\/11\/when-fingerprint-checks-are-easy-are-they-too-easy.html","url_meta":{"origin":46197,"position":1},"title":"When fingerprint checks are easy, are they too easy?","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 11-Jun-15 5:34pm","format":false,"excerpt":"On the one hand, this is pretty cool -- being able to immediately check prints upon booking, or even on apprehending a suspect can be extremely valuable for law enforcement in catching people for things they might not otherwise not be aware of. 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