Virginia judge: Police can demand a suspect unlock a phone with a fingerprint

But passcodes need not be divulged as per the Fifth Amendment, court says.

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Chmilz[/url]":uvuwqxr0]I'm still wondering on what level biometrics make for good security? Fingerprints, eyes, voice - any of that stuff can be spoofed with increasing ease. Knowledge in my brain? No so much.

If what's being protected is valuable enough, someone will cut off hands, heads, carve out eyeballs, etc to get it. There's no way, yet, to suck a code out of my head.

Repeat after me: Biometrics are not security.

Biometrics are only security if you have actual security on the biometrics reader. (and that's not even counting electronic compromises)

Biometrics are, basically, a secret knock you have with your buddy. It's secure against anyone who doesn't really care enough to break your security, or doesn't have any forethought or warning that they'll need to break your security.