That said, unless you are being charged under a national security crime, the maximum sentence for “failing to decrypt the device when required to do so” is up to two years, so the game’s the game.

[–] 5in1k@lemmy.zip 50 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Wow the UK is a turd too.

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Yeah, go to the UK and say "I support Palestine Action" and see what happens. They're having a rough time of it right now.

[–] tarknassus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

BBC: “As demonstrators held up placards reading, "I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action", some 522 of them were arrested on suspicion of breaking terrorism laws - more than double the total such arrests in 2024. Their average age was 54, said the police. Some 112 of them were over 70 years old.”

It’s bloody ridiculous. Like me getting arrested for demanding Maggie (Thatcher) out of Parliament back in my CND days. Didn’t happen, but imagine the chilling effect on the wider populace if this existed then.

[–] 5in1k@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

I always thought that they were a worse police state than the US. Cameras everywhere, jail time for letter openers and keychain swords let alone fucking knives. Absolutely a lack of free speech. US has the camps now do we’re definitely worse atm but the UK hates being free.

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month ago

You know about brexit right? Turd move right before the US went full turd on Trump a few months later.

Russian troll farms paid off big at that point.

[–] Capricorn_Geriatric@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I wonder how they'd look at it if previous cracking attempts wiped the device. Is that "failure" to unlock punishable or not? The phone was wiped already - the user can't unlock it even if he wanted to.

Similarily, is it possible to make it impossible to prove the device was wiped due to the PIN and not beforehand?

[–] anzo@programming.dev 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I had the same question. The best would be to consult a lawyer and see if there's any precedent already set.

I could imagine police could easily film the process and a video would be enough proof for any judge. The phone shows a pin entry, a reboot, and then a welcome screen just like a factory reset has been done. Right?

[–] EnsignWashout@startrek.website 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The phone shows a pin entry, a reboot, and then a welcome screen just like a factory reset has been done. Right?

It does, but it's pretty obvious that something unusual has happened.

The phone boots into Google's "Someone is fucking around" boot screen and waits there for a response.

[–] anzo@programming.dev 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Precisely my point. It's self evident without need for further digital proof. Just a video of the screen.

[–] Capricorn_Geriatric@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I thought of it as two seperate problems:

The first one is legal - if the person asked to surrender credentials surrenders them, and the device turns out to be reset (assuming no foul play), does this constitute the crime of not surrendering the credentials?

If the answer to one is "yes", the technological question begs itself: How to make a duress pin indistinguishable from the real one?

[–] MisterFrog@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

What the fuck. When are you required to do so?