Since courts have ruled that providing a DNA or blood sample is not a violation of your 5th amendment rights, it is likely that providing a fingerprint would also not be a violation.
On Feb 21, 2008, at 11:46 AM, Mike Hale wrote: > Hmm... > > Good question. I would say no, but in that case the suspect isn't > really testifying against him/herself. Biometrics are more similar to > token-based authentication than password-based, and hence more subject > to seizure by Law Enforcement. > > On 2/21/08, Ali, Saqib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On 2/21/08, Mike Hale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> The big difference is the fact that a key is a physical object. >>> A password is not. >> >> wot if the data was protected by a biometric device (e.g. fingerprint >> reader). can you force Boucher to unlock the the encrypted vault by >> swipping his finger on the scanner? >> _______________________________________________ >> FDE mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.xml-dev.com/mailman/listinfo/fde >> > > > -- > 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0 > _______________________________________________ > FDE mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.xml-dev.com/mailman/listinfo/fde > _______________________________________________ FDE mailing list [email protected] http://www.xml-dev.com/mailman/listinfo/fde
