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FBI Couldn’t Get into WaPo Reporter’s iPhone Because It Had Lockdown Mode Enabled (www.404media.co)

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[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 13 points 9 months ago (9 children)

Do they return the device afterwards like “oh well, here ya go then” durp durp. Or do they keep it “for evidence” out of spite?

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[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago (4 children)

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[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 22 points 9 months ago (3 children)

To get back the seized property, owners must prove it was not involved in criminal activity.

Well, that just sounds amazing and not at all exploitable

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[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 14 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Seems a bit opposite of the whole "innocent until proven guilty" thing

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[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

Seized property under rico works the exact opposite, you have to prove your property innocent.

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[–] cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 9 months ago

Lol

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[–] cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 9 months ago

Why would they give you your shit back? They're cops, not humans.

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[–] modus@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (1 child)

I once met a guy who robbed a bank with a fake gun. (There was once an article somewhere but this was maybe 12 years ago.) He did some time in prison and he said they gave him the fake gun back afterwards.

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[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 2 points 9 months ago

Did they say «see you later»?

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[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 1 point 9 months ago

They beat you to death with the phone and then rape your wife with it.

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