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beduin012019-12-06 14:17:30
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beduin01, 2019-12-06 14:17:30

Is a person obliged to provide passwords from his own laptop to the investigating authorities?

I looked here about the detention of the opposition and the seizure of computer equipment. One question arose - is a person obliged to provide passwords? It is clear that they can beat / intimidate, but if purely within the framework of the law, are these norms spelled out somewhere?
Country: Russia
upd: I learned from a friend who works in court: No, I don't have to. If the defendant's password does not speak from the same phone, he (the phone as a physical object) is simply attached to the case and that's it.

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uvelichitel, 2019-12-06
@uvelichitel

It seems that you are not legally required to remember passwords. Bad memory is not a crime.

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Vladimir Dubrovin, 2019-12-06
@z3apa3a

If within the framework of the legislation, then Article 51 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation

No one is obliged to testify against himself, his spouse and close relatives, the circle of which is determined by federal law.

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CityCat4, 2019-12-06
@CityCat4

but if purely within the law,

What country's legislation? Russia? United Kingdom? Australia maybe? Or, not by night, be remembered - the United States? Everyone is different, actually. In the UK, you can see the sky in the box for white noise ... (moreover, the article is quite old)

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Onnem, 2019-12-06
@Onnem

Yes, when a case is filed and an investigation is underway. For the same reason, corporate and private correspondence is removed from various servers and devices. It’s just that there is no one on the street or detention, no matter who intimidates them and what they don’t tell.

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