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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] 5 points 5 months ago (3 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?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

"Sorry, my distress pin is 1 digit off of my unlock pin, you probably fat fingered it by mistake. I guess we'll never know. You really need to be more careful."

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

How would they know

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

Because instead of unlocking, everything would get deleted when they entered the code.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

They wouldn't know it was you.

[–] [email protected] 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?

[–] [email protected] 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

You can also set it to wipe if you don't enter a PIN after a set amount of time.