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[USA] Appeals court rules that cops can physically make you unlock your phone (reason.com)
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[-] bitwaba@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

Things like passwords, access to the interior of your home or vehicle, access to your business files, and things like that are not your identity and normally require a judge to sign a warrant

This is exactly it. If I get arrested and they confiscate my house keys as part of entering jail, they don't have automatic implicit permission to search my house.

[-] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

And I don’t understand how this is not a better analogy for phones. Why doesn’t the contents of my phone have the same legal protection as the contents of my house? You may confiscate my key but I do not permit. If you have good reason and sufficient reason, do the damn paperwork and get a judge to sign off

this post was submitted on 19 Jun 2024
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