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Re:Feds Can't Force You to Unlock Your iPhone with Finger or... by sandworm101 on Monday January 14, 2019 @11:02PM (#18908777)
They had access to the drive at one point.

In a filesharing seneario it is common for feds to see what you got before the raid that grabs the physical drive.

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Re:Feds Can't Force You to Unlock Your iPhone with Finger or... by lagadu on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @06:55AM (#18910522)
Either what they have is enough for a conviction or it's not. If it is, then there's no need to actually get access to it, if it's not then it might as well not exist.
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Re:Feds Can't Force You to Unlock Your iPhone with Finger or... by KingMachiavelli on Monday January 14, 2019 @11:35PM (#18908887)
In the file sharing scenario, how would the feds know that the encrypted drive actually has the files? They can only know what they suspect is on the drive.
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Re:Feds Can't Force You to Unlock Your iPhone with Finger or... by sandworm101 on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @12:32AM (#18909051)
It isnt about absolutes. They can be reasonably certain that the drive was in use on a network.
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