alt Hacker NewsWhat I don't understand is if he just didn't give any password, he would have been fine. It's only because he gave him a duress pin that he's in trouble.
So, in both cases the government wouldn't have access to the contents of the phone
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twothreeone • yesterday at 7:15 PM
In the first case they (the US govmnt) could hold him (the citizen) in contempt (in a cell) indefinitely.
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blkhp19 • yesterday at 7:17 PM
Is that allowed? Can you refuse to give a pin when asked?
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They might have a way to gain access anyway. That was that case where the FBI got the locked iPhone 5C of a San Bernardino shooter suspect. Apple refused to unlock it, so the FBI paid a hacking firm to do it. If there's no known vuln to get into a phone today, I wonder if they'd hold onto it in hopes that one shows up later.