Ruling: Thumbprint scan is like a "blood draw or fingerprint taken at booking."

The legal situation is more complex and nuanced than the headline implies, so the article is worth reading. This adds another ruling to the confusing case history regarding forced biometric unlocking.

  • OneOrTheOtherDontAskMe@lemmy.world
    4·
    7 months ago

    I mean, it is annoying. But it’s security. Don’t want people having access to your device, remove all possibility someone CAN.

    But it is annoying, we shouldn’t HAVE to do this. Privacy should be baked right into our daily lives and not clawed out with tired hands every chance we get.

    • TaviRider@reddthat.comOP
      2·
      7 months ago

      Yeah. The huge legal distinctions between different ways of unlocking a device seem absurd. Comprehensive privacy legislation would help.