Article 3K9F2 Cops routinely unlock phones with corpses' fingers

Cops routinely unlock phones with corpses' fingers

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Cory Doctorow
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Since 2016, when an FBI agent first used a dead suspect's finger to unlock his phone, police forces across the USA have made a routine practice of unlocking phones using suspects and victims' dead fingers, saving big on buying cyberwar tools like Cellebrite's $1500-$3000 unlocker, or Grayshift's $30k/year Graykey. (more")

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