Suspects can refuse to provide phone passcodes to police, court rules::Phone-unlocking case law is “total mess,” may be ripe for Supreme Court review.
Suspects can refuse to provide phone passcodes to police, court rules::Phone-unlocking case law is “total mess,” may be ripe for Supreme Court review.
Courts have held fairly consistently that compelling a person to give up a password does not count as a violation of the 5th. Now, being told something by the police is y than being told something by a judge (and I still cannot believe the police are permitted to lie to people - how does that happen), but the compelled phone search has been a thing in many states for a while.
If I recall correctly, under Trump, border patrol agents were even allowed to ask people to sign onto their social media accounts so they could review your history and posts.