That's such a shitty way of thinking about laws. Should men be allowed to beat women just because they are physically stronger, too? No, we've simply decided as a society that just because you can do something with physical force, doesn't mean you should be able to do it, and that it's illegal to do it.
And this is why I think forcing you to unlock your phone with your fingerprint, just because in theory the policemen can hold you down and force your finger on the phone, is also an immoral law and an immoral way of thinking.
Again sorry, dunno what the parallel is in Norway/EU
I couldn't read the article because there were giant Facebook, Twitter, etc logos overlayed on all the text in pure black.
Not likely. I don't think the Supreme Court has decided this sort of case yet, but some lower courts have held that a suspect can be compelled to unlock a phone. The logic is that it's equivalent to compelling a suspect to unlock a safe.
Fingerprints are like keys. They are physical things. You can be compelled to produce a key. Similarly you can be compelled to produce your finger.
Obvious I Am Not A Lawyer notification.
Edit: Maybe I'm misremembering. http://blogs.denverpost.com/crime/2012/01/05/why-criminals-s...
Even better, you can set a pin to only destroy specific data. Less chance of arousing suspicion.
Edit: I guess my case makes more sense as a question of what happens in the US in such a case, but the former question is a general one.