Child Porn Suspect Held in Jail for 7 Months for refusing to Decrypt Hard Drives

In Brief
A suspect of child pornography possession, Francis Rawls, who is a former Philadelphia Police Department sergeant, has been in solitary confinement without charges for last seven months and will remain until he complies with a court order forcing him to decrypt his password-protected hard drives seized in connection with a child pornography investigation.

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Police Can't Force You To Unlock Your Phone, It violates Fifth Amendment Rights

Can the Cops can make you unlock your iPhone?



..."NO"



According to a recent Federal Court’s ruling, it is not okay for police to force suspects to unlock their phones with a passcode.



And, doing so would be a violation of your Fifth Amendment Rights in the US Constitution.



The ruling came as the conclusion of a case, where Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) accused Bonan