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Criminal

May 7, 2016

Thumbprints to unlock phones can be compelled, courts say

Though the legal wrangling between Apple and the FBI over access to a San Bernardino shooter's iPhone has ended, new questions about permissible ways for police to gain access to phone data are being answered in lesser-known cases.

By L.J. Williamson
Daily Journal Staff Writer

Though the legal wrangling between Apple and the FBI over access to a San Bernardino mass shooter's iPhone has ended, new questions about permissible ways for police to gain access to phone data are being answered in lesser-known cases.

A search warrant issued in February by Central District Magistrate Judge Alicia G. Rosenberg authorized law enforcement personnel to ...

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