After a Los Angeles judge signed a warrant compelling a woman to unlock her iPhone with her fingerprint, for undisclosed reasons and at the FBI’s request, there’s been some controversy over what constitutes a breach of the Fifth Amendment. The woman in question, Paytsar Bkhchadzhyan, was incarcerated for identity theft the same day as the warrant was signed, but it’s unclear if the FBI’s request was connected, The Verge reports. University of Dayton law professor Susan Brenner argues that forcing people to unlock their phones with their fingerprint is a violation of their rights, but others counter “that the act of unlocking your phone does not necessarily constitute self-incrimination, and is not the same as requiring a person to provide their passcode.”
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