From the article:
> "Irish police will have the power to compel people to provide passwords for electronic devices when carrying out a search warrant under new legislation."
This is not unique to Ireland, we see this here in the US as well.
> "Irish police will have the power to compel people to provide passwords for electronic devices when carrying out a search warrant under new legislation."
This is not unique to Ireland, we see this here in the US as well.
This seems to be an actively developing area of law around the world.
They might still have a way to image it though, depends on the day as the imaging software always gets thwarted
Also believe it depends on the model but the 12 pro does it like this and a few models before
This is only true when the revealed information is a "foregone conclusion", specifically when it "adds little or nothing to the sum total of the Government’s information."
Here is a good treatment on the subject: https://harvardlawreview.org/2021/04/state-v-andrews/
I have some long passwords that I keep out of password managers for private stuff that I don't want to be leaked from a password manager leak or w/e. I can remember them, but had a really hard time remembering even the start of most of them after not using them for a few weeks.
That kind of timeframe isn’t abnormal for the speed of law.