From: John <jnn@synfin.org>
   On July 26, 2016 3:08:25 AM EDT, grarpamp <[1]grarpamp@gmail.com>
   wrote:
   >[2]http://9to5mac.com/2016/07/25/touch-id-fingerprint-fbi-law/
   >[3]http://9to5mac.com/2016/05/02/federal-court-touch-id-fingerprint/
   >[4]http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/05/feds-say-suspect-should-
   rot-in-prison-for-refusing-to-decrypt-drives/
   >[5]https://apple.slashdot.org/story/16/07/25/1559208/suspect-required-
   to-unlock-iphone-using-touch-id-in-second-federal-case
   >
   > A second federal judge has ruled that a suspect can be compelled to
   >unlock their iPhone using their fingerprint in order to give
   >investigators access to data which can be used as evidence against
   >them.
   [cut]
   >Use a long PIN for your encrypted phone. I've abided by this, despite
   the extreme convenience of the fingerprint scanner,  since I first read
   about >the 2014 case you referenced..   John
   There's another set of possibilities.  Usually, a person has 10
   fingers.  They can presumably be scanned in two different axes (or
   more), and in two different directions, each.   With some additional
   software, some of those could be assigned to be "duress codes",
   designed to re-encrypt the data if the person whose fingers are being
   scanned wants to do that.  Further, again with additional programming,
   the fingerprint scan function could be automatically disabled if it
   hadn't been used for an extended period of time.
            Jim Bell

References

   1. mailto:grarpamp@gmail.com
   2. http://9to5mac.com/2016/07/25/touch-id-fingerprint-fbi-law/
   3. http://9to5mac.com/2016/05/02/federal-court-touch-id-fingerprint/
   4. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/05/feds-say-suspect-should-rot-in-prison-for-refusing-to-decrypt-drives/
   5. https://apple.slashdot.org/story/16/07/25/1559208/suspect-required-to-unlock-iphone-using-touch-id-in-second-federal-case