Judge rejects warrant provision allowing compelled thumbprints to unlock iPhones

Orin Kerr writes:

A federal magistrate judge in Chicago has rejected a request by the government for a provision in a search warrant that would authorize agents to compel people present to unlock seized phones using biometric readers. I think the judge was right to reject the provision, although I disagree with substantial parts of the reasoning.

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