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Re:Suspects can refuse to provide phone passcodes to police,... by u32480932048 on Friday December 15, 2023 @11:38PM (#38661771)
I'm not sure it's directly applicable, but courts have repeatedly ruled that you can't booby-trap your own property; I'm not quite sure this applies to, say, [non-explosively] erasing a USB drive by entering a decoy PIN.

https://www.hecklawoffices.com/blog/2020/11/its-illegal-for-...

Re:Suspects can refuse to provide phone passcodes to police,... by friend_and_foe on Saturday December 16, 2023 @06:52PM (#38668974)
Yeah we aren't talking about land mines here, just devices that destroy the owner's property, and more specifically software systems that destroy information. It is well established that weapons that harm people automatically are illegal.