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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Double check this in the state or country you're in. I recall something from a few years ago where the police could force you to give a swipe pattern and maybe pin since these items are not covered in the same way that a password is.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Maybe in some countries but in a western one they aren't getting a pattern or passcode unless you verbally give it to them. We do know though that there is some level of capability to crack phones though.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Indent to find an article to back up what I remember and in 2020, a woman was held in contempt of court and jailed for refusing to provide a passcode. The case was later overturned.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

But they didn't get the code. That's the quest they can do, hold you in contempt of court. Which in the US is illegal under the 5th amendment.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

How can you be forced to input a pattern/PIN?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

How is a pin not a passcode?