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

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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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[–] prole@sh.itjust.works 10 points 9 months ago

Cops have also been known to use "parallel construction" in order to launder evidence that would otherwise be considered inadmissible. It's fucked.