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by uiri 2769 days ago
It is probably similar to the police seizing your keys or combinations for locks to a storage unit and you changing the lock on the storage unit.

The police can just go to google or slack with a warrant to get the evidence. The physical equivalent would be going to the storage unit proprietor and cutting the lock.

IANAL but I would expect it to count as "hindering a police investigation", obstruction of justice, or something similar.