Amazing FBI Unlocks A Suspect's iPhone Using his Face

                                                                                                                                                                

It only seemed a matter of time before a law enforcement agency would use the iPhone's Face ID technology to unlock the device and access information vital to a criminal investigation. In August, the FBI became the first agency to use Face ID to unlock an iPhone X, according to

Suspected of either receiving or disseminating child pornography, 28-year-old Columbus, Ohio resident Grant Michalski cooperated with the FBI when asked to unlock his phone via Face ID. The FBI raided his home using a search warrant , allowing investigators to open his device and comb through his messages and online footprint. So far, Michalski has been charged with "receiving and possessing child pornography" along with another defendant with whom he communicated on Craigslist. No trial date has been set so far, per Forbes.

The FBI's methods pose many interesting legal implications when it comes to gathering data that might prove useful when investigating a crime. Since technology companies started using biometric information as a personal security measure, it has been of how and whether law enforcement can to compel suspects to hand over biometric data used to unlock their devices. Apple's introduction of Face ID with the launch of the technology that brought the question into starker relief.