Suspects can refuse to provide phone passcodes to police, court rules
Suspects can refuse to provide phone passcodes to police, court rules
Phone-unlocking case law is "total mess," may be ripe for Supreme Court review.
Pretty sure this has always been the case. Giving up a piece of information like a password has always been considered self-incrimination and therefore is a violation of your rights.
This is why you should get rid of face unlock, body unlock, fingerprint unlock etc. on your phone and just use a passcode. The police can compel you to unlock your phone using those other methods, because those aren't information locked in your head.
Most Android phones usually allow you to require pin re-entry by clicking an open lock or a "Lockdown" button in shutdown menu. It seems for iOS it's Power + Volume Up/Down but I can't confirm this.
For finger print though what if you just use the wrong finger until it locks itself?
Might work. It's taking a gamble, though, and putting your phone in PIN mode is easy and can be done way in advance. I've been using a PIN unlock on my phone since I joined the protests in 2020.
Since this relates to laws, it should be noted that this is related to the US, and that other countries may treat the issue completely differently.