Suspects can refuse to provide phone passcodes to police, court rules
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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.
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Pretty sure the 5th Amendment doesn’t protect against obstruction of justice if you knowingly wipe your phone while under custody
How could they know?
Just yell at them "WTF DID YOU DO? MY LAST GRANDFATHER PICTURES ARE GONE!"
And tadaaaaa
Doing it before you're under custody isn't a crime, and they also can't prevent you from deleting non-evidence but otherwise private data which you don't want to see misused (proving that is a whole other issue, though)