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| Appeals court: Fifth Amendment protections can apply to encrypted hard drives http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/n...ard-drives.ars You have to read the article to understand why this ruling does not apply to all encrypted drives, including the Colorado case of the banker charged with bank fraud. |
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| Re: Appeals court: Fifth Amendment protections can apply to encrypted hard drives This was discussed at length in a previous thread. I figured they would rule this way because forcing a person to give up a password is the equivalent of giving testimony against themselves. |
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