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Re:When the FBI seizes your messages from Big Tech, you may ... by jes on Saturday September 25, 2021 @10:48PM (#28658021)
Their phones were to be surrendered as part of an investigation. Wiping them is destroying records.

It’s different if you’re just returning a work phone, or preparing to sell or transfer a personal phone.

When members of a group do it more or less en masse, it implies that they have something to hide.

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Re:When the FBI seizes your messages from Big Tech, you may ... by c0nducktr on Sunday September 26, 2021 @01:04AM (#28658543)
> Their phones were to be surrendered as part of an investigation. Wiping them is destroying records.

Yeah, isn't that very literally obstruction of justice?

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Re:When the FBI seizes your messages from Big Tech, you may ... by crocodiletears on Sunday September 26, 2021 @02:22AM (#28658822)
Only if they decide it is, or if a judge is willing to learn that their entire family decided to commit seppuku while they were at work.
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