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- privacy@lemmy.ml
- technology@lemmy.world
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- cross-posted to:
- privacy@lemmy.ml
- technology@lemmy.world
- hackernews@derp.foo
Suspects can refuse to provide phone passcodes to police, court rules::Phone-unlocking case law is “total mess,” may be ripe for Supreme Court review.
Doing it before you’re under custody isn’t a crime, and they also can’t prevent you from deleting non-evidence but otherwise private data which you don’t want to see misused (proving that is a whole other issue, though)