[Swordmaker]

Man refuses to reveal his iPhone passcode and sentenced to 180 days contempt of Court. Claims he already provided it. Another man claims he legitimately forgot his passcode is given a pass in another court in the same state. — PING!

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[soycd]

The “rest of the story” is missing.

[2ndDivisionVet]

The 5th Amendment was repealed? When did that happen?

[DoughtyOne]

Good for him.

I hope he has enough means to take this higher.

Eventually he should win.

[Blood of Tyrants]

I thought that being forced to provide evidence against yourself was unconstitutional.

[sten]

“Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted”

how is 6 months inprison not radically excessive for a password??

[17th Miss Regt]

After Mr. Wheeler does 180 days will this judge repeat the process? How long can the judge hold him for contempt? The rest of his life?

[SteveH]

let’s say a person has 2000 devices, each with a separate passcode.

Then is it reasonable to expect that person to know and keep track of all 2000 passcodes, and be able to retrieve them all from memory (in the limiting case), while under duress of incarceration and being accused of felony crimes of any sort?

What if you happen to meet a politician on day 1 for lunch, and then get arrested on day 2 by the government for allegedly dealing state secrets? Meanwhile some or all of your devices have been in state police custody during your arrest and are therefore subject to damage and tinkering by the state?

(I do not understand the reasoning of the ruling in the general case...)

[LostPassword]

According to liberals (and many republicans), the founding fathers

* didn’t have internet, so speech can be regulated on the internet
* didn’t have modern weapons, so the 2nd amendment doesn’t apply to those
* didn’t have phones, so modern communications can be spied on
* didn’t have computers, so you can be forced to provide digital evidence against yourself

I guess it makes sense that they want to eliminate modern power sources and go back to living like it was the 1700s. On the plus side, without electricity/computers/phones/internet, the government won’t have the opportunity to violate as many of our rights.