What: iphone fingerprint identification
Who: Apple, the Supreme Court
Where: America
When: 2013
Why: Fingerprint identification may mean you can't take the fifth because the fifth says "no person shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself", which doesn't necessarily apply to your fingerprint vs your pin and password (which you memorize). The supreme courts says the fifth amendment doesn't only apply to criminal prosecution. The courts say fingerprints, voice exemplars, etc. don't reveal anything you know; they aren't a testimonial.
http://www.wired.com/2013/09/the-unexpected-result-of-fingerprint-authentication-that-you-cant-take-the-fifth/
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