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Aerlinthian Posts: 2,126 Registered: 2001-5-7 23:53:38	Date Posted: 2/26/12 3:48pm Subject: Appeals court: Fifth Amendment protections can apply to encrypted hard drives
	Better read this carefully as there is some nuance. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/02/appeals-court-fifth-amendment-protections-can-apply-to-encrypted-hard-drives.ars For what it is worth, I don't agree with the nuanced position. IE exceptions to constitutional law.
RF_YWG Title: Pot-bellied Biker Posts: 105 Registered: 2006-9-23 13:46:46	Date Posted: 2/26/12 3:48pm Subject: Appeals court: Fifth Amendment protections can apply to encrypted hard drives
	This is going to be a complex issue, simply because of the massive amount of information a hard drive (or other storage device) can contain. -----signature----- â€œAll truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.â€ - Galileo
Caoilin Title: Instigator Posts: 2,278 Registered: 2001-11-20 00:03:45	Date Posted: 2/26/12 3:48pm Subject: Appeals court: Fifth Amendment protections can apply to encrypted hard drives
	you can't be forced to give over information you don't have though. and it's so easy to forget a password, isn't it? -----signature----- "Cao is really an asexual cricket from outer space" - Bernion "I just wish you had man bits" - ShalisR "i'll be your dirty ignorant redneck if you will be my drugged out cripple bitch" - shaggynuts24 "again, I'm stupid" - Brandun
Lannai Posts: 103 Registered: 2004-10-7 21:55:56	Date Posted: 2/26/12 3:48pm Subject: Appeals court: Fifth Amendment protections can apply to encrypted hard drives
Lannai Posts: 103 Registered: 2004-10-7 21:55:56	Caoilin posted: you can't be forced to give over information you don't have though. and it's so easy to forget a password, isn't it? No...but you can be held in contempt indefinitely I don't agree with this...but a person could sit in jail for a very long time while the years of appeals drag on. But if a person has decades of prison time hanging over their head...being held in contempt hardly matters. -----signature----- Lannai Fidenian

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