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  1. #Cops can force suspect to unlock phone with #thumbprint
    #US #Constitution's #FifthAmendment protection against #selfincrimination does not prohibit #police officers from forcing a suspect to unlock a phone with a thumbprint scan, liking it to "blood draw or fingerprint taken at booking."
    "When Officer [...] thumb to unlock his phone—which he could have accomplished even if Payne had been unconscious—he did not intrude on the contents of Payne's mind," the court also said
    arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20