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Appeals court: Fifth Amendment protections can apply to encrypted hard drives
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2/26/12 3:48pm
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Appeals court: Fifth Amendment protections can apply to encrypted hard drives
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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.
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RF_YWG
Title: Pot-bellied Biker
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Registered: 2006-9-23 13:46:46
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2/26/12 3:48pm
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Appeals court: Fifth Amendment protections can apply to encrypted hard drives
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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.
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Caoilin
Title: Instigator
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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?
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Lannai
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Date Posted:
2/26/12 3:48pm
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Appeals court: Fifth Amendment protections can apply to encrypted hard drives
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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.
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