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[–] SupremeDonut@lemmy.ml 25 points 1 day ago (10 children)

If the phone's security prevents them from accessing information, then they have no information. How can they prove there was any information on it to begin with?

[–] JamesBoeing737MAX@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 day ago (9 children)

They just accuse you of withholding evidence. Yay for freedom of speech.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (8 children)

@SupremeDonut@lemmy.ml the courts already decided that it was okay to jail people for literal years for not providing a password: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Rawls

and there are more:

  • United States v. Fricosu
  • United States v. Doe (2012)
  • United States v. Kirschner
[–] SupremeDonut@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Jfc. Next you'll be jailed for not having a phone

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] DFX4509B@lemmy.wtf 2 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

I assume all PC users are also on watchlists because they can run Linux or BSD too? Even if they haven't erased Windows yet?

[–] SupremeDonut@lemmy.ml 4 points 23 hours ago (1 children)
[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 hour ago

And old.

This has been a thing for decades but too few noticed and many more will stay unaware unless it bites them.

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