Police Officer Forces Suspect to Unlock iPhone with His Face

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The battle between the FBI and tech companies investing billions of dollars in security systems that make their devices more difficult to hack has seen a new episode.

The FBI forced 28-year-old Grant Michalski in Columbus, Ohio to unlock an iPhone with his face in order to look for data that may have served as evidence in a child abuse investigation. The device was protected with Face ID, Apple’s facial recognition system that replaces Touch ID fingerprint sensor.

The police searched the house of the suspect and agent David Knight specifically requested the suspect to put his face in front of the iPhone in order to get access to the data stored on the device.

As reported by Forbes, some incriminatory evidence was indeed discovered, including Kik conversations that the suspect participated in. One of the chats was made with … (read more)

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