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Don’t ever hand your phone to the cops
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Edit, source: https://www.saunders.co.uk/news/prosecuted-for-your-password/
Can’t I just say I forgot my pin? They can’t prove I don’t have a shit memory.
That only works if you're rich
Classic quality Land
Good luck https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-25745989
How can they prove guilt? Innocent until proven guilty under English common law, right?
lol
Nah, can't be, they said it was a European one and the UK voted to no longer be part of Europe. /s
Incidentally, the European court for human rights said that that law violated the ECHR convention.
The UK said "yeah, so what?", which since they've left the EC it's legally right, but it's not a great outlook when you're told your laws violate human rights.