{"id":22944,"date":"2018-10-01T17:17:52","date_gmt":"2018-10-01T21:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=22944"},"modified":"2024-11-08T15:34:16","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T20:34:16","slug":"forcing-suspect-to-unlock-iphone-with-face-id","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/01\/forcing-suspect-to-unlock-iphone-with-face-id\/","title":{"rendered":"Forcing Suspect to Unlock iPhone With Face ID"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2018\/10\/01\/first-case-law-suspect-unlock-iphone-face-id\/\">Tim Hardwick<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2018\/10\/01\/first-case-law-suspect-unlock-iphone-face-id\/\">\n<p>A <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/thomasbrewster\/2018\/09\/30\/feds-force-suspect-to-unlock-apple-iphone-x-with-their-face\/#5c0b7d011259\">Forbes<\/a><\/em> report has highlighted the first known case of law enforcement forcing a suspect to unlock an iPhone using Face ID.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>Several previous cases have occurred where law enforcement has gained access to digital data by forcing people to unlock mobile devices using their fingers. One case even reportedly involved trying to use <a href=\"\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2016\/07\/22\/3d-print-murder-victim-finger-unlock-phone\/\">the finger of a dead person<\/a> to unlock a phone, which ultimately didn&rsquo;t work.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Previously: <a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/01\/police-can-require-cellphone-fingerprint\/\">Police Can Require Cellphone Fingerprint<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p id=\"forcing-suspect-to-unlock-iphone-with-face-id-update-2018-10-15\">Update (2018-10-15): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2018\/10\/14\/police-advised-dont-look-at-face-id-iphones\/\">Tim Hardwick<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2018\/10\/14\/police-advised-dont-look-at-face-id-iphones\/\">\n<p>Police in the United States are being advised not to look at iPhone screens secured with Face ID, because doing so could disable facial authentication and leave investigators needing a potentially harder-to-obtain passcode to gain access.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p id=\"forcing-suspect-to-unlock-iphone-with-face-id-update-2019-01-15\">Update (2019-01-15): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2019\/01\/14\/forced-biometric-unlocking-not-allowed-iphone\/\">Juli Clover<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2019\/01\/14\/forced-biometric-unlocking-not-allowed-iphone\/\">\n<p>Law enforcement officials can&rsquo;t force smartphone users to unlock their devices using fingerprints or other biometric features such as facial recognition, according to a Northern California <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/5684307-Gov-Uscourts-Cand-336910-1-0.html\">court ruling<\/a> from last week.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tim Hardwick: A Forbes report has highlighted the first known case of law enforcement forcing a suspect to unlock an iPhone using Face ID. [&#8230;] Several previous cases have occurred where law enforcement has gained access to digital data by forcing people to unlock mobile devices using their fingers. 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