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Suspects can refuse to provide phone passcodes to police, court rules (arstechnica.com)

submitted 11 months ago by L4s to c/technology

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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.

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[–] jordanlund 19 points 11 months ago (3 children)

FTA:

"The Valdez case does not involve an order to compel a suspect to unlock a device. Instead, "law enforcement asked Valdez to verbally provide his passcode," Utah justices wrote. "While these circumstances involve modern technology in a scenario that the Supreme Court has not yet addressed, we conclude that these facts present a more straightforward question that is answered by settled Fifth Amendment principles.""

So now, every cop everywhere is going to be like "Yeah, I'm going to need you to unlock your phone."

[–] EncryptKeeper 3 points 11 months ago

“Do me a favor”

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

That's a free trade agreement?

Oh no, I get it, the Federal Transit Administration said that. To the Forum on Tax Administration.

[Sarcasm] That everything has to be an initialism now is sooooooper convenient and cool. Imean, TEHTBAINISCAC. EWKWTM.