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66 Loy. L. Rev. 183 (2020)
Face ID and Fingerprints: Modernizing Fifth Amendment Protections for Cell Phones

handle is hein.journals/loyolr66 and id is 193 raw text is: FACE ID AND FINGERPRINTS: MODERNIZING FIFTH AMENDMENT PROTECTIONS FOR CELL PHONES I. IN TRO D U CTIO N ....................................................................183 II. THE FIFTH AMENDMENT PRIVILEGE AGAINST SELF-INCRIMINATION AND ITS ATTENDANT PR O TE CTIO N S .................................................................185 A. TESTIMONIAL AND NON-TESTIMONIAL COM M UNICATIONS .......................................................186 B. JUSTICE STEVENS'S DOE DISSENT: A BETTER FRAM EW ORK.............................................................. .190 C. THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THE SELF- INCRIMINATION PRIVILEGE IS AN INDIVIDUAL'S D IGNITARY INTEREST ...................................................193 III. LOWER COURTS' (MIS)TREATMENT OF CELL PHONE SECURITY METHODS ......................................195 A. NON-BIOMETRIC ACCESS: ALPHA-NUMERICAL P A SSCOD ES...................................................................196 B. BIOMETRIC ACCESS: FINGERPRINT AND FACIAL SCANNERS ..................................................................198 IV. PROPOSAL: DEMOLISH THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN BIOMETRIC AND NON-BIOMETRIC ACCESS TO CELL PHONES............................................203 A. COURTS' FRAMEWORK FOR CONCLUDING THAT BIOMETRICS ARE TESTIMONIAL....................................204 B. PROTECTING RIGHTS AND PREVENTING POLICE MISCONDUCT: WHY THIS ALL MATTERS ......................206 V . CO N CLU SIO N ........................................................................209 I. INTRODUCTION [Y]our smartphone is much more than just a phone. It can tell a more intimate story about you than your best friend. No other piece of hardware in history, not even your brain, contains the quality or quantity of information held on your phone: it knows whom you speak to, when you speak to them, what you said, where you have been, your purchases, photos, 183

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