We have to protect the constitutional rights of the innocent, and that can mean shielding guilty-as-hell child abusers, the court said.
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Woman ordered to type in iPhone passcode so police can search device
It’s not a violation of her Fifth Amendment rights, the court said, because it’s a “foregone conclusion” that she knows her phone passcode.
Passcodes are protected by Fifth Amendment, says court
The government isn’t really after the password, after all; it’s after any potential evidence it protects. In other words: fishing expedition.