{"id":33276,"date":"2021-07-30T15:12:56","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T19:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=33276"},"modified":"2024-11-08T15:32:42","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T20:32:42","slug":"compelled-to-unlock-with-face","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/30\/compelled-to-unlock-with-face\/","title":{"rendered":"Compelled to Unlock With Face"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2021\/07\/26\/court-orders-us-capitol-rioter-to-unlock-his-laptop-with-his-face\/\">Zack Whittaker<\/a> (via <a href=\"https:\/\/news.ycombinator.com\/item?id=27986683\">Hacker News<\/a>):<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2021\/07\/26\/court-orders-us-capitol-rioter-to-unlock-his-laptop-with-his-face\/\"><p>His Windows laptop was one of several devices seized by the FBI, which investigators said was protected with a password but could be unlocked using Reffitt&rsquo;s face.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>Reffitt&rsquo;s lawyer told the court that his client could &ldquo;not remember&rdquo; the password, but the court sided with the government and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/21016668-us-vs-reffitt\">granted the motion to compel<\/a> his biometrics. Reffitt&rsquo;s lawyer told CNN, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/07\/21\/politics\/capitol-rioter-unlock-laptop\/index.html\">first reported the court order<\/a>, that the laptop is now unlocked.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>Courts across the U.S. are still divided on the reading of the Fifth Amendment and whether it applies to the compelled use of a person&rsquo;s biometrics.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/01\/forcing-suspect-to-unlock-iphone-with-face-id\/\">Forcing Suspect to Unlock iPhone With Face ID<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/01\/police-can-require-cellphone-fingerprint\/\">Police Can Require Cellphone Fingerprint<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"compelled-to-unlock-with-face-update-2023-07-11\">Update (2023-07-11): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2023\/apr\/18\/french-publisher-arrested-london-counter-terrorism-police-ernest-moret\">Matthew Weaver<\/a> (via <a href=\"https:\/\/news.ycombinator.com\/item?id=35617773\">Hacker News<\/a>):<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2023\/apr\/18\/french-publisher-arrested-london-counter-terrorism-police-ernest-moret\">\n<p>Ernest Moret, 28, a foreign rights manager for &Eacute;ditions la Fabrique, was approached by two plainclothes officers at St Pancras station on Monday evening after arriving by train from Paris to attend the London book fair.<\/p>\n<p>He was questioned for six hours and then arrested for alleged obstruction in refusing to disclose the passcodes to his phone and computer.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zack Whittaker (via Hacker News): His Windows laptop was one of several devices seized by the FBI, which investigators said was protected with a password but could be unlocked using Reffitt&rsquo;s face. [&#8230;] Reffitt&rsquo;s lawyer told the court that his client could &ldquo;not remember&rdquo; the password, but the court sided with the government and granted [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"2021-07-30T19:13:00Z","apple_news_api_id":"21dae71f-947f-4381-9f59-044d2e9cb4d0","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2023-07-11T15:39:07Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AIdrnH5R_Q4GfWQRNLpy00A","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1572,1347,2169,2686,209,30,981,355,48],"class_list":["post-33276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-face-id","tag-federal-bureau-of-investigation-fbi","tag-france","tag-law-enforcement","tag-legal","tag-mac","tag-passwords","tag-privacy","tag-security"],"apple_news_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33276"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40017,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33276\/revisions\/40017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}