Phone-unlocking case law is "total mess," may be ripe for Supreme Court review.

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.

  • @bluemellophone@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10•7 months ago

    Pretty sure the 5th Amendment doesn’t protect against obstruction of justice if you knowingly wipe your phone while under custody

    • @nosnahc@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9•7 months ago

      How could they know?

      Just yell at them “WTF DID YOU DO? MY LAST GRANDFATHER PICTURES ARE GONE!”

      And tadaaaaa

    • @Natanael@slrpnk.netEnglish
      1•7 months ago

      Doing it before you’re under custody isn’t a crime, and they also can’t prevent you from deleting non-evidence but otherwise private data which you don’t want to see misused (proving that is a whole other issue, though)