sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoU.S. Citizen Who Deleted Phone’s Data Says His Prosecution Puts Privacy at Riskwww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square93linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareschipelblorp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoUnless you suffered some traumatic brain injury, nobody is going to believe you can’t unlock your phone after being in detention for 24 hours. It would probably be treated as an intentional wipe.
minus-squareNollij@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoThere’s already precedent that you cannot be forced to give up your passwords. It’s a 5th amendment violation. But I’m not sure if it applies to this case or not.
minus-squaremystik@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoPerhaps the trauma of being in detention made you unable to remember it? It’s really up to the prosecution/accusers to prove it, isn’t it?
minus-squareFushuan [he/him]@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoDon’t lie, just don’t talk.
minus-squareschipelblorp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoIn that case, you can argue you gave the duress password by accident, too.
Unless you suffered some traumatic brain injury, nobody is going to believe you can’t unlock your phone after being in detention for 24 hours.
It would probably be treated as an intentional wipe.
There’s already precedent that you cannot be forced to give up your passwords. It’s a 5th amendment violation. But I’m not sure if it applies to this case or not.
Perhaps the trauma of being in detention made you unable to remember it? It’s really up to the prosecution/accusers to prove it, isn’t it?
Don’t lie, just don’t talk.
In that case, you can argue you gave the duress password by accident, too.