Court rules against man who was forced to fingerprint-unlock his phone [telecom]

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Court rules against man who was forced to fingerprint-unlock his phone

By Cyrus Farivar

A Minnesota appellate court ruled Tuesday against a convicted burglar who was forced by a lower state court to depress his fingerprint on his seized phone, which unlocked it.

This case, State of Minnesota v. Matthew Vaughn Diamond, marks the latest episode in a string of unrelated cases nationwide that test the limits of digital privacy, modern smartphone-based fingerprint scanners, and constitutional law.