[CaliforniaKarl]

No. Stop. You are giving a false sense of security, as it seems to me like you're applying US laws to the UK, which is wrong.

In the US, you're correct that giving up a password is something understood to be protected under the 5th Amendment, whereas being forced to unlock by face or fingerprint is not[0].

In the UK, this is not the same. See point 59 of [1]:

> The power to search anything which the person has with them includes the power to search electronic devices, such as mobile phones. The person must provide access to any electronic device to allow for a search to be undertaken, including where access to a device requires the person to unlock a device through application of their thumb or finger, or any other form of access control (e.g. voice or face recognition).

[0] https://www.concordlawschool.edu/blog/constitutional-law/fif...

[1] https://www.counterterrorism.police.uk/wp-content/uploads/20...

[ravi-delia]

Unless the parent edited, I don't believe they claimed it wasn't illegal. I mean we're here because the title of the article says as much. But you can pass any law you want, and it'll still be very easy to press a person's finger to a button against their will