Re:Feds Can't Force You to Unlock Your iPhone with Finger or...
by pc86 on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @08:48AM
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> If you have evidence of a crime on your phone, it must be part of the process.
Then access it. If you can't access, do good police work and (legally) acquire access to it. If the entire success of your case hinges on convincing someone to incriminate themselves by giving you the password, build a better case before arresting them or tipping them off to the investigation.
> Ultimately, this will be no different than searching your car.
This can be done 100% with the accused's intervention. A LEO can see something that gives them probable cause for a warrant. A locksmith can open the car or the LEO can simply break the window and unlock it.
Just because the police don't have the technical ability to get into a phone without the user's intervention doesn't mean that person should be forced to divulge information that could incriminate them.
Then access it. If you can't access, do good police work and (legally) acquire access to it. If the entire success of your case hinges on convincing someone to incriminate themselves by giving you the password, build a better case before arresting them or tipping them off to the investigation.
> Ultimately, this will be no different than searching your car.
This can be done 100% with the accused's intervention. A LEO can see something that gives them probable cause for a warrant. A locksmith can open the car or the LEO can simply break the window and unlock it.
Just because the police don't have the technical ability to get into a phone without the user's intervention doesn't mean that person should be forced to divulge information that could incriminate them.