All Writs Act Lives

August 1, 2022 CyberCecurity Leave a comment

The All Writs Act is a law that dates back to the late 1700s. It allows the government to force companies to do all sorts of things. Completely legally. Usually very quietly. In this case the government was trying to find a Russian national, Aleksey Burkov. The government wanted to track him so that he […]

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Court Can Compel You To Unlock Your Phone – If It Is Locked With Your Fingerprint

May 3, 2016 CyberCecurity Leave a comment

Authorities in L.A. obtained a search warrant compelling the girlfriend of an alleged gang member to press her finger on an iPhone to unlock it because they wanted to see what was in it. Whether this violates the 5th amendment or not is in dispute and this was an L.A. court – likely a district […]

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