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This is something that varies state to state. Quick search shows that Pennsylvania considers giving up a password as self-incriminating testimony (protected by
by jhauris 5y ago
This is something that varies state to state. Quick search shows that Pennsylvania considers giving up a password as self-incriminating testimony (protected by the 5th amendment), while Massachusetts does not. They can generally force you to use biometrics to unlock or give them a physical key anywhere, however.
This seems to be an actively developing area of law around the world.
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- aaron-santos 5y agoOn the subject of the fifth amendment, there was a (possibly) non-serious theory that having one's password be the admission of guilt to a crime would serve as protection as revealing the password would actual be self-incriminating. Like most legal theories on the internet, it (probably) isn't true.