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echelon_musk 35 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Felony charges for citizen deleting phone data at ...

> ...making an encrypted image of the phone on said drive... refuse to unlock the drive

How is this any different than refusing to unlock the phone? It just seems you've added unnecessary extra steps.

Doohickey-d 35 days ago [–]

As I understand it, the drive can thus be seized, and a potential loss of a cheap flash drive is a lower inconvenience than loss of the phone.

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