- cross-posted to:
- privacy@lemmy.ml
- cross-posted to:
- privacy@lemmy.ml
The recent federal raid on the home of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson isn’t merely an attack by the Trump administration on the free press. It’s also a warning to anyone with a smartphone.
Included in the search and seizure warrant for the raid on Natanson’s home is a section titled “Biometric Unlock,” which explicitly authorized law enforcement personnel to obtain Natanson’s phone and both hold the device in front of her face and to forcibly use her fingers to unlock it. In other words, a judge gave the FBI permission to attempt to bypass biometrics: the convenient shortcuts that let you unlock your phone by scanning your fingerprint or face.



I’ve been warning people around me for years about shit like this, and have been promptly ignored or thought delusional. Who’s crazy now, huh?? I wish it wasn’t this way though, it really sucks to see all my paranoia becoming reality. What’s next, state approved, AI controlled drones hunting people on the streets based on AI risk assessment and recognition based on databases collected from stuff like assigned passports and voting records?