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egberts1 on Dec 15, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Suspects can refuse to provide phone passcodes to ...

Use a passphrase of something like "I stole a government-owned pen."

Then you can argue that the passphrase (unlike a PIN, face ID) may incriminate me of a crime and that Fourth Amendment prevents me from doing so.

Same thing with voice-based passphrase.

Of course, I am not a lawyer.

egberts1 on Dec 16, 2023 | [–]

And the prosecutor may try to entice you with a limited concise immunity deal to excuse you of "whatever crime" that passphrase would accuse you of, of which you would say "is that not a fishing trip?" And refuse that deal.

IANAL.

tacocataco on Dec 16, 2023 | [–]

"Whats the password? I cannot recall."

u32480932048 on Dec 16, 2023 | [–]

Changing all my passwords to "I don't recall."

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