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I bet there are some paranoid people out there who will love that no touch-ID means no way for law enforcement to compel you to unlock the device.


You could just not set it up don't add your finger.


Yeah; but then the police will compel you to put your finger on the button + get pissed when it doesn't work.

https://xkcd.com/538/


In the United States, anything they beat out of you could be considered legally inadmissible evidence, and thrown out by the court.

(Whether or not that's a limit on law enforcement behavior depends on their particular aims.)




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