You know, the same thing happens to me every time the FBI takes my phones.

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I have not forgotten their training on how to put a knee on someone’s neck. Should I subdue the suspect?

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FBI: “Darn! So did we!”

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From a pro-privacy standpoint changing your passwords to something you can’t remember is absolutely the right thing to do to prevent yourself from being compelled to give up any passwords…

But in light of him being a government official tampering with his government issued phone to “accidentally” prevent it being used to investigate official wrongdoing, that act becomes highly suspicious, and (in the FBI’s shoes) would only give more incentive to hack into his phone.

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Everyone should do this!!! No one who wants your phone code is your friend! Police, feds, spouses/partners. If anyone wants to unlock your phone, they’re looking to incriminate.

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No, not everyone. If I’m a public servant, I should be using work phones for work stuff. And I should expect any government-sanctioned investigation office to have access to it.

It would be a different thing if it was his personal phone. In that case, I could agree with you.

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He’s an elected public servant. Regardless of whether or not we want to protect ourselves from prosecution, he’s supposed to be accountable for his actions and he’s deliberately spoiling the investigation.

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2 points

“Just say No”

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this is a fuckin SNL skit

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