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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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[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Won't they just keep you locked up perpetually for refusing then?

[–] Breezy 8 points 11 months ago

They might also just shoot you.

[–] starman2112 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Yeah, and I'll appeal the case all the way up to the Supreme Court. I have a constitutional right to not say a goddamn thing. The founding fathers knew what passwords and cyphers were. If they wanted to allow the state to compel you to give them access to information that they could use against you in court, they would have written that into the fifth amendment.

[–] NocturnalMorning 4 points 11 months ago

Dunno, bit that's a risk I'm willing to take to maintain my 4th ammendment right.