Phone-unlocking case law is "total mess," may be ripe for Supreme Court review.

Suspects can refuse to provide phone passcodes to police, court rules::Phone-unlocking case law is “total mess,” may be ripe for Supreme Court review.

  • @jordanlundEnglish
    19•11 months ago

    FTA:

    “The Valdez case does not involve an order to compel a suspect to unlock a device. Instead, “law enforcement asked Valdez to verbally provide his passcode,” Utah justices wrote. “While these circumstances involve modern technology in a scenario that the Supreme Court has not yet addressed, we conclude that these facts present a more straightforward question that is answered by settled Fifth Amendment principles.””

    So now, every cop everywhere is going to be like “Yeah, I’m going to need you to unlock your phone.”

      • @APassengerEnglish
        9•11 months ago

        I’m not discussing my day.

    • KeriKitty (They(/It))English
      3•11 months ago

      That’s a free trade agreement?

      Oh no, I get it, the Federal Transit Administration said that. To the Forum on Tax Administration.

      [Sarcasm] That everything has to be an initialism now is sooooooper convenient and cool. Imean, TEHTBAINISCAC. EWKWTM.