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[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 62 points 21 hours ago (41 children)

That privacy was already long gone by the time of this case.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2232

(a)Destruction or Removal of Property To Prevent Seizure.—
Whoever, before, during, or after any search for or seizure of property by any person authorized to make such search or seizure, knowingly destroys, damages, wastes, disposes of, transfers, or otherwise takes any action, or knowingly attempts to destroy, damage, waste, dispose of, transfer, or otherwise take any action, for the purpose of preventing or impairing the Government’s lawful authority to take such property into its custody or control or to continue holding such property under its lawful custody and control, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.

If he hadn't used duress and had just refused, he'd have been fine. Graphine is secure and would have had his back

If he hadn't given them the code and instead left it in his wallet, and they did it themselves, he'd have been fine.

All he had to do was plead the 5th.

He's going to get hit with a felony for destroying data to prevent a search. There are tons of precedents in the 11th Circuit for searching without a warrant.

A duress password is only useful if what you'd be facing is worse than 18 U.S. Code § 2232a, and then only if they don't have enough to convict you already.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2rokxux5cU`___`

Dude is just protesting the construction of a large cop training facility near him. I don't know what the fuck he did to get on the FBI radar, but I wish him good luck; he's gonna need it.

[–] WesternInfidels@feddit.online 16 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

I don't think ordinary citizens should be required to know the law in lawyer-like detail when they travel.

I think in the broad strokes, you're probably right about his legal situation, but it suuuuuucks and it's not what I think of when I hear the word "freedom," for sure.

[–] systemglitch@lemmy.world 13 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Freedom, lol. How many prisoners per capita again?

[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 hours ago

The freedom to enslave, silly.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 4 points 17 hours ago

I don’t think ordinary citizens should be required to know the law in lawyer-like detail when they travel.

It becomes a slippery slope. He is unfortunately going to be a martyr that teaches us

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