XPost: comp.mobile.android, misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: arlenholder@newmachine.com   
      
   A judge just ruled police need a warrant to search your phone...   
   o That includes just _looking_ at the lock screen   
      
   USA v. Joseph Sam, case #CR19-0115-JCC   
   o    
      
   Note also that the police & FBI views of that phone are treated very   
   differently.   
      
   Basically the judge ruled the FBI pushing the button on the phone to   
   activate the lock screen qualified as a search, regardless of the lock   
   screen's nature.   
   --   
   "Generally, courts have held that law enforcement can compel you to use   
   your body, such as your fingerprint (or your face), to unlock a phone but   
   that they cannot compel you to share knowledge, such as a PIN. In this   
   recent case, however, the FBI did not unlock the phone. Instead, they only   
   looked at the phone's lock screen for evidence."   
      
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