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by ajuc 2868 days ago
> If you did nothing wrong then you have nothing to lose by unlocking your phone

What's right and wrong changes every few decades. Not too long ago a guy was jailed and pushed to suicide because he was gay. In UK.

There are countries today, where you can be put in a concentration camp for being gay (Chechnya Republic in Russia).

There are people that had to escape USA because they warned people of government institutions abusing the law (see Snowden for 1 example).

There are people killed in Mexico for protesting against drug cartels and corruption in government protecting them.

Liberal and paceful France sent spies to put a bomb and explode ecologists' ship that was protesting against nuclear tests in international waters. Later New Zaeland caught the spies, and France blackmailed them to release the spies threathening war.

It's pretty common for nice democratic governments to do EVIL things. It's even more common for non-democratic, or non-liberal governments to do that. Most of the time you're fine, because government ignores most people. But the law is concerned with protection of the few that wouldn't be fine.

> So if you don't unlock your phone, it's an admission of guilt.

Even medieval inquisition had higher standards than that. They tortured people, but at least they required them to admit the crime. You don't even want that. Congratulations.