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Not a lawyer and do not know your jurisdiction.

I extrapolated this as anything that is in the mind (PIN, password, some secret) cannot be demanded, while anything outside of the mind, biometrics, geolocation, physical object (key) can.

Again, I am just a hairless monkey smashing rocks together. Consult experts.



In the US this is a pretty good nationwide summary.




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