Doing it before you’re under custody isn’t a crime, and they also can’t prevent you from deleting non-evidence but otherwise private data which you don’t want to see misused (proving that is a whole other issue, though)
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bluemellophone@lemmy.world 11 months agoPretty sure the 5th Amendment doesn’t protect against obstruction of justice if you knowingly wipe your phone while under custody
Natanael@slrpnk.net 11 months ago
nosnahc@lemmy.world 11 months ago
How could they know?
Just yell at them “WTF DID YOU DO? MY LAST GRANDFATHER PICTURES ARE GONE!”
And tadaaaaa