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[–] moldy_rice@piefed.keyboardvagabond.com 1 point 1 month ago (5 children)

He was allowed through the border, is currently living a normal life outside of jail, and has so far not been convicted since years ago.

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[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 1 point 1 month ago (4 children)

Isn't it still working through federal court? That's not a trivial thing.

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[–] moldy_rice@piefed.keyboardvagabond.com 1 point 1 month ago (3 children)

Sure, but he's not locked in a cage right now.

And I'm actually optimistic. Currently we have strong legal precedent that the government cannot force you to reveal your encryption credentials. We do not have precedent about the use of duress passwords. It could happen that the courts rule, as before, that they can't prove the person didn't accidentally type the duress password by mistake.

It would be great to see a win legalizing the use of duress passwords.

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[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 1 point 1 month ago (2 children)

I can't imagine being optimistic about anything in the US.

It can also happen that they make new precedent that compels people to disclose passwords because it's more useful to their surveillance and border control regime.