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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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[–] starman2112@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

My understanding was that most of them got got because their cell companies knew where they were, not because of the contents of their phones

But also, I'd rather let every Jan Sixer go free than imprison one innocent person because they looked up textiles.com two years ago and found out how to make meth