Suspects can refuse to provide phone passcodes to police, court rules (arstechnica.com)

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[-] random65837@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

That's always been the case, and why privacy advocates have always said to use PIN/Patterns and not fingerprints and face unlock as police have the legal rights to your prints and face when under arrest. Sad this guy had to bring it to that level, shame on his lawyer that it went that far, it's always been a 5th amendment argument that's always stood in the past.

this post was submitted on 17 Dec 2023

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