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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 [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Worth noting, with the caveat that how criminals are treated could eventually become how everyone is treated on the right slippery slope:

provisions of his parole required him to surrender any electronic devices and passcodes

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

Unfortunately the judge also ruled that it's no different than forcing someone to give their fingerprints when you book them. If this sets a precedent, it could apply to anyone getting arrested, not just parolees / prior convicts.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Not everyone, just proles.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Ole Donnie T is technically in parole right now. Would love to see this provision applied in that case.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Wow, that is supremely fucked up. Parole shouldn't require breaching the privacy of anyone who has conversation history stored on the parolee's devices.