Comment by northernsausage
12 hours ago
If this happened in an EU country you'd all be wetting yourselves, but for some reason the rooms different today. The professional advice we are given traveling to the US is back up you phone, wipe it, travel and restore once you are comfortable. Sad state of affairs guys
In the US, he could have refused to give the pin and that's protected under the 5th Amendment. They would have nothing because they couldn't get into the encrypted phone.
In many countries other then the US like Ireland, they have key disclosure laws which require you to testify against yourself.
In the UK, police can even require key disclosure without a judge.
Wait 'till you hear about the special criminal court...