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U.S. Citizen Who Deleted Phone’s Data Says His Prosecution Puts Privacy at Risk (www.nytimes.com)
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[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 hours ago

Yeah, there's reading the bill of rights, understanding what it means and how it was intended, and it's another thing to understand how it's been thoroughly chipped away at, year by year, state by state, decision by decision. You would legitimately be shocked and horrified at how many exceptions there are, and this MAY fall within one of them the--the border exception.