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[USA] Appeals court rules that cops can physically make you unlock your phone (reason.com)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by Boozilla@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.world

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[–] SeattleRain@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago (8 children)

This is Graphene OS had a distress code you can enter that will wipe the phone.

[–] waitmarks@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (7 children)

I wonder though, if you had that set up and the cops ask you for the code to unlock and you told them the code to wipe and they end up wiping the phone. Would they be able to charge you with evidence tampering?

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

I’d expect so. You have the right to remain silent. You do not have the right to destroy evidence. How is wiping your phone any different from running around your house flushing things?

[–] waitmarks@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Because they would be the ones actually entering it, you would just say some numbers out loud.

But probably the smarter thing to do would be to leave the wipe code on a sticky note inside the phone case and hope they try it.

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