Comment by runjake
1 day ago
And that certainly wouldn't raise their suspicion. Surely, they'd immediately let you go after that stunt.
1 day ago
And that certainly wouldn't raise their suspicion. Surely, they'd immediately let you go after that stunt.
Of course they could throw a tantrum, but it wouldn't be nothing but that, and they will have to release you once they cool down.
What are they going to say? That they won't release you until you magically unerase the phone? There's nothing to wait for.
I agree there is nothing to coerce out of you anymore and so you'd not be held on this forced decryption law... but not complying with such a court order probably results in another offence for which you can then get punished (not sure if a fine, community service, or jail time would be most likely for this), on top of that it doesn't look good to the judge who presides over the original case in which they de demanded the decryption in the first place
But it would be up to him, wouldn't it? I think that's the main deal here: cart blanche access to your data, or giving into someone's bullshit fishing attempt because it's inconvenient.