[mrguyorama]

Unless there is ample precedent or case law showing that this kind of rules-lawyering is acceptable, always assume judges would frown upon obvious attempts to subvert the intent of law by using the wording of the law.

Unless of course you are a big company, in which case that seems to be the expectation.

So the real advice here is just to be a very important person.

[dheera]

I mean, I would comply, the device just exists, is designed in a certain way, and wasn't designed by me.

If the law forcefully and physically separates the device from me, the device self-destructs of its own design. The law enforcers would be the ones at fault for destroying the evidence.