There has been an outpouring of digital dissent in the wake of the new administration. If or when you get ordered by law enforcement to unlock your phone or digital devices or get served with a subpoena or warrant for your digital data and devices, what should you do?
This conversation is meant to provide a basic primer on what to expect from an encounter with law enforcement in various contexts - and some suggestions for how to best deal with them.
Stephanie is a long-time indigent criminal defense trial attorney and immigration defense activist who graduated from UC Berkeley’s Boalt Hall School of Law in 2004. Before coming to EFF, she worked as a Deputy Federal Defender for two years at the Federal Defender’s Office of San Diego trying federal felony cases ranging from illegal entry into the US to drug and alien smuggling. Then she spent the next decade working at the San Francisco Public Defender’s office trying dozens of cases ranging from robbery to attempted murder. She continues to speak truth to power by defending your civil rights from government overreach as part of the Civil Liberties Team at the EFF.