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theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/23/cop-city-protester-phone

consumerrights.wiki/w/Common_Questions,Arguments,&_Responses_when_discussing_Flock_Surveillance

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[-] quick_snail@feddit.nl 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

No. They can't charge him with data destruction because it was the officer that destroyed the data.

You're right, they will not be able to charge him with anything. This is an excellent case to set a precedent that this tech is totally legal.

[-] artyom@piefed.social 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

That's not correct, according to the first sentence of the article from 404.

The U.S. government has charged Samuel Tunick with allegedly typing in a passcode to wipe his phone

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