Posted on 04/19/2024 12:39:09 PM PDT by nickcarraway
“The fascist court is wrong.”
How are they wrong? Be specific.
Parolees are subject to suspicionless searches.
If it had been posted clearly and concisely earlier instead of the antics.
Some of the confusion may have been cleared up by now.
It is forced self incrimination without due process. This is just like forcing someone to speak against themselves after they have declared the 5th.
It is wrong. And if the courts allow it they are wrong too.
So you really do think Stasi should be allowed to do anything they like anytime they like without question. Citizen’s Rights be damned right? Courts never make a wrong decision?
“It is forced self incrimination without due process.”
Nope. It was a condition of his parole. Read the court’s decision!
“So you really do think Stasi should be allowed to do anything they like anytime they like without question.”
Absolutely not. But I hate keyboard lawyers posting without knowledge of the facts.
“Citizen’s Rights be damned right? Courts never make a wrong decision?”
The case is NOT about citizen’s rights. It’s about parolee’s rights.
Passcode is in my head and not written down anywhere.
No physical passcodes anywhere.
“Parolees are subject to suspicionless searches.”
They still have 5th amendment rights correct?
This is just like forcing someone to self incriminate themselves after they have declared the 5th.
This judgement sets precedent that affects all civilians not just parolees.
“The case is NOT about citizen’s rights. It’s about parolee’s rights.”
THIS CASE... The next will be infringement on citizen’s rights.
This judgement sets precedent that affects all civilians not just parolees.
Doesn’t matter with me I don’t use face or fingerprint ID. Only numbers.
This is shocking from liberal 9th Circuit. I bet this will go en banc. Of course if it ever reaches SCOTUS it would probably be upheld as Thomas would say the original constitution didn’t protect cell phones.
I guess the lesson here is that if you have things to hide you need to require alpha-numeric passcode rather than facelock or fingerprint lock. But absolutely no one will follow that advice.
Getting acceptable prints for gov't purposes requires multiple tries.
So, good luck forcing me to remember my PW....
It sure doesn’t seem like they have protection.
It’s odd that we can’t sign our rights away contractually for the most part but to get out of jail, signing rights away=sign right here!
I agree with the slippery slope.
Numerical password only. Tell them to FO.
I like that -
Left thumb = open
Right thumb = brick
It is the first stage to incrementally applying the practice universally.
Wonder how many times we have to watch them do this very thing before we recognise the need to squash these things right away before they go any further?
Today parolees, tomorrow everyone. Give an inch and they ALWAYS take a mile.
What would happen if your phone needed a password to be unlocked?
Didn’t that happen to John Eastman?
This is about someone on parole, whose conditions of parole included surrendering his electronic devices. So, not a clear cut violation of rights for the non-lawbreaking population, is it? But it is another cup of lard on the slippery slope, I’ll grant you.
hopefully this will be appealed to the supreme court, though this is not one of the cases that is likely to see Alito and Thomas side on the side of liberty on.
Every phone should come with that. Use of the that password would reset the phone to factory condition.
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