This is beyond messed up folks! Outrageous!!
In another shocking display of jurist malfeasance, Virginia Circuit Judge Stephen Fucci has ruled that police can pry open your hands and force you to unlock your cell phone that has a fingerprint security feature.
Not only is Fucci’s ruling an affront to both the 4th and 5th Amendments but is also shockingly ignorant.
According to Judge Steven C. Fucci: while a criminal defendant can’t be compelled to hand over a passcode to police officers for the purpose of unlocking a cellular device, law enforcement officials can compel a defendant to give up a fingerprint.
Here’s the rub though, with the advancement of technology, more and more things are going the way of biometric scans. The logical conclusion to Fucci’s ruling is that any biometric lock, be it fingerprint swipe or iris scan can be searched without a warrant or permission or consent from the owner.
This extends beyond…
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