Police can demand fingerprints but not passcodes to unlock phones, rules judge

Fingerprints are what you *are*, passcodes are what you *know*. Therefore the police can demand your fingerprints to unlock a phone without contravening the Fifth Amendment, according to a judge in Virginia, USA.

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