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Wut?Diluted Dante wrote:You can be jailed for refusing to give police your password. The fuck?
GooberTheHat wrote:Isn't that only if they have a warrant to search/seize your property?
g.man wrote:Wut?Diluted Dante wrote:You can be jailed for refusing to give police your password. The fuck?
Kow wrote:So, never give your password to the police unless they ask for it.
Diluted Dante wrote:Yes it is different.
You cant forget a key to your house, and wont be jailed if you cant provide it. How do you prove you cant remember a password?
Kow wrote:Diluted Dante wrote:Yes it is different.
You cant forget a key to your house, and wont be jailed if you cant provide it. How do you prove you cant remember a password?
I presume they'll tell you to just set a new password.
Diluted Dante wrote:Kow wrote:Diluted Dante wrote:Yes it is different.
You cant forget a key to your house, and wont be jailed if you cant provide it. How do you prove you cant remember a password?
I presume they'll tell you to just set a new password.
Ive spoken to a huge number of people who are unable to do that. I suspect the threat of jail time wouldnt make any difference.
Kow wrote:What kind of idiot can't reset a password?
GooberTheHat wrote:
If its a password to an encrypted drive or something then that could be a legitimate concern.
If it's to an online service then I'm doubtful that it wouldn't be possible.
GooberTheHat wrote:And in this case, it wasn't that he forgot, he refused.
GooberTheHat wrote:I would have thought that the police would have been able to get a court order to force Facebook to provide them with the information they needed though.
Diluted Dante wrote:GooberTheHat wrote:And in this case, it wasn't that he forgot, he refused.
In that case yes. But I also dont see the problem with this. They're welcome to crack his password.
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