Post #4112884

2026-07-26 11:28 UTC

@azonenberg@ioc.exchange @evacide@hachyderm.io Or maybe I just don't want people sniffing around in my life and personal data. Since when has privacy become a crime? Why is it already so entrenched in people's minds that they would just accept a blatant violation like that?

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@azonenberg@ioc.exchange 2026-07-26 13:29

@CoolBlenderKitten@mastodon.art @evacide@hachyderm.io Nothing wrong with privacy, legally speaking. If the device is encrypted and password protected, in *most* but not all jurisdictions, you can't be forced to give up the password, but they can try to crack it and your only legal recourse to prevent that is the courts. Wiping the device before you get on the plane or whatever is also fine. It's wiping the device as a direct response to them taking/demanding it that is crossing the line legally speaking. And like I've said elsewhere, if you want to be the test case for a lawyer trying to argue otherwise, nobody is going to stop you. But your odds of success are low enough I doubt anyone with enough brain cells to pass the bar exam is going to recommend it. Poking the bear is not something that ends well.

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