Appeals court rules that cops can physically make you unlock your phone
reason.com
The 9th Circuit determined that forcibly mashing a suspect's thumb into his phone to unlock it was akin to fingerprinting him at the police station.
  • AA5B@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 months ago

    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.worldEnglish
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      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.