Doug Holland@lemmy.world to THE POLICE PROBLEM@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoSuspects can refuse to provide phone passcodes to police, court rulesweb.archive.orgexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up1131arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1127arrow-down1external-linkSuspects can refuse to provide phone passcodes to police, court rulesweb.archive.orgDoug Holland@lemmy.world to THE POLICE PROBLEM@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square12fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarestoylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·7 months agoSince this relates to laws, it should be noted that this is related to the US, and that other countries may treat the issue completely differently.
minus-squaresic_1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoIt’s like this with seized devices in Germany, too. The result is they keep it until you give up the PW.
minus-squareArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoFine, keep it. Me 30min later: “Hi yes I lost my phone and I need to replace it, do you sell unlocked google pixels at this store?”
minus-squaresic_1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoYup, if you have the money to replace it that’s fine but you’ll still have lost most of the data on your phone.
minus-squareArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoBackups are important! I just wish I could remotely brick it.
Since this relates to laws, it should be noted that this is related to the US, and that other countries may treat the issue completely differently.
It’s like this with seized devices in Germany, too. The result is they keep it until you give up the PW.
Fine, keep it.
Me 30min later: “Hi yes I lost my phone and I need to replace it, do you sell unlocked google pixels at this store?”
Yup, if you have the money to replace it that’s fine but you’ll still have lost most of the data on your phone.
Backups are important! I just wish I could remotely brick it.