The security of our smartphones is at a relatively high level thanks to the advanced technologies used in them, which makes it practically impossible for "strangers" to get into them. This property Although most of us will appreciate it, it makes the police's hair stand on end. Because of the very difficult-to-break security, they often have no way ofanceven get into the smartphones of various criminals. In extreme cases, they must therefore resort to relatively nestandard procedures such as unlocking a smartphone with the finger of a shot criminal. However, this raises the question of whether this procedure is even ethical.
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The police shot and killed 30-year-old Linus last October. F. Phillip at a Florida gas station after trying to run over a police officer while fleeing. Subsequently, investigators searched for the body at the funeral home with the intention of accessing the victim's smartphone using a fingerprint. However, the attempts were unsuccessful. Police say the purpose of such a procedure was to clarify Phillip's connection to a drug gang.
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It is not yet known whether it was an Android phone or iPhone. U Touch ID There is a limit of five attempts to swipe your finger over a period of time, after which the system will prompt the user for a password. Android devices have different limitations, so it is unclear whether the police used the fingerprint attempts or if there was another problem.
The family of the deceased is in shock and they describe the police action as illegal and disrespectful. Although putting a dead person's finger to a fingerprint reader may seem morbid, American legal practice views it as legal, so the issue here is more of an ethical one.
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This is not the first time that police have tried to gain access to a deceased person's facility. The most famous case is the 2015 San Bernardino terrorist attack, where the FBI had the attacker's iPhonethat she needed to unlock. Because the device did not have the feature Touch ID, requested the unlocking directly from the company Apple. Not even after legal battles Apple he didn't have to unlock the device, but the password did managed to break through to a third party, which reportedly cost the FBI $1,3 million. Currently, it is widely used by police departments in the USA to unlock iPhones GrayKey.
Dealing drugs and killing cops is ethical, but trying to get on someone's phone to solve a case is not. The family is probably worried about the hookah, maybe she was also soaked in it. Where is the world going...?