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Utah Supreme Court says suspects can refuse to hand over phone passwords to the police | Other state Supreme Courts disagree and the case would wind up before the US Supreme Court::undefined

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[-] henfredemars@infosec.pub 121 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

What happens when I have a passphrase that's a confession to a crime that I was forced to provide?

What if I forgot my passphrase due to the stress and trauma of being associated with a horrible event or merely at the stress of being detained? Am I to be detained indefinitely without due process and without being accused of a crime?

What if the passphrase was set by my wife and I, a personal and private communication that is not in direct association with the crime under investigation?

Would be nice if you could not turn my individual liberties into Swiss cheese. I can barely see the parchment.

[-] Cornpop@lemmy.world 36 points 11 months ago
[-] tias@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 11 months ago

An upvote would have sufficed to communicate as much

[-] sanguine_artichoke@midwest.social 18 points 11 months ago

The answer to all of those is they probably beat you with a stick.

[-] TheFriar@lemm.ee 6 points 11 months ago

Popo stick with special bash in’ handle. To give you the right kind of leverage over the prostrate individual’s face.

[-] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

If you're rich you get off, if you're poor you go to jail for a very long time. In the US at least.

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