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Police want the password to your phone (reason.com)
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[–] lambalicious@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 month ago

For something to be illegal, the victim has to be able to press charges. And that doesn't change the fact that once they got their hands on the device they've got the info, a mandate of law doesn't make them "magically" forget the info.