A ruling passed by another federal judge stated that now in order data to be accessed by investigators, they can go ahead and ask the suspect to use their fingerprint to unlock their iPhone so that evidence can be got against them. This ruling came following the one 2014 District Court and is said to be the first time that in a federal case, this has ever happened.

As per the reports of Ars Technica, the case that has been recently in news is in regards to a few unpleasant crimes that have been done by a particular suspect who was accused. As per the statement, a Texas man had been involved in the prostitution of girls who were underage and was ordered secretly by a federal judge that in order to unlock his iPhone, he needed to unlock it with his fingerprint. This is what was known after gaining access to the unsealed documents of the federal court.

Until the U.S Supreme Court takes over any case, the certainty of the fact that suspects are compiled to go ahead and unlock their devices with their fingerprints will not be known. However as far as the lower courts are concerned they have passed out a ruling.

It is believed by many constitutional experts, the prevention of the compilation of revealing the passcode or password is something that could be due to the Fifth Amendment. In a way, this may go ahead and be a force where in one could say it is self incrimination, thought this is something that is not certain. In contrast to the fact, fingerprints are known to be as real physical or real evidence. This means that without permission it can be taken out by the legal authorities. In the case of the Texas case, it turned out that the ruling was academic.