On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 06:37:19PM -0400, grarpamp wrote: > https://gizmodo.com/florida-man-jailed-for-failing-to-unlock-his-phone-1827600878 > http://www.fox13news.com/news/local-news/judge-jails-man-for-failing-to-unlock-phones > https://old.reddit.com/r/PoliticalDiscussion/comments/8yz2za/a_man_got_6months_in_jail_for_not_unlocking_his/ > https://old.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/8y8yd1/man_faces_6_months_in_florida_jail_for_not/ > https://old.reddit.com/r/news/comments/8yx73q/judge_jails_defendant_for_failing_to_unlock_phones/ > https://old.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/8ypu6s/guy_gets_tossed_in_jail_for_contempt_charges/ > https://old.reddit.com/r/law/comments/8z9zjr/judge_jails_man_for_180_days_for_refusing_to/ > https://yro.slashdot.org/story/18/07/15/2012230/judge-jails-defendent-for-failing-to-unlock-phones > https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17547562 > https://old.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/8z63lz/us_courts_can_force_you_to_decrypt_or_provide/ > http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/rodriguez-v-united-states/ > > https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4597748/Emergency-Writ.pdf > https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4597747/Search-Warrant-and-Affidavit.pdf > > In a Tampa courtroom, Judge Gregory Holder held William Montanez > in contempt of court for failure to unlock a mobile device. What > led to this was a frightening slippery slope that threatens our > Fourth Amendment rights to the core. Montanez was stopped for failing > to yield properly. After being pulled over, the officer asked to > search his car; Montanez refused, so the officer held him until a > drug dog was brought in to give the officer enough probable cause > to search the vehicle. They found a misdemeanor amount of marijuana, > which they used to arrest Montenez, but they asked to search his > two cellphones, which he also refused. They were able to secure a > warrant for those as well, but Montenez claimed he had forgotten > his password. The result: Montanez is being held in contempt of > court and is serving a six-month jail sentence. > > "I don't know the code, sir," he stated. > So the judge found him in civil contempt and threw him in jail. ARG! Fucking disgusting. At least he didn't have a fingerprint or "FaceID" unlock setup, or they could've manhandled him into unlocking it biometrically. So, basically: keep using a PIN code (which can still be broken, but is rather a PITA for the pigs). John > > > http://www.decidethefuture.org/ -- GPG fingerprint: 17FD 615A D20D AFE8 B3E4 C9D2 E324 20BE D47A 78C7
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