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Re:Man jailed 16 months, and counting, for refusing to decry... by derekp7 on Sunday February 12, 2017 @11:19PM (#13633101)
Or, what if you had a paper in a safe that was written in an invented language? They may be able to compel you to open the safe (i.e., provide a BIOS password), but can they compel you to teach them how to read that invented language?
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Re:Man jailed 16 months, and counting, for refusing to decry... by krick on Sunday February 12, 2017 @11:33PM (#13633147)
That's actually a much better example. Seriously, can they? It seems ridiculous, but then compelling you to decrypt anything is obviously ridiculous as well. Maybe you are reading and writing this data as is, who is to say?

I guess, the real reason why this question stands is that nobody gives a fuck about logic and solid law, someone (obviously) just wants it to be a crime and it is easy to sway public opinion in a way that allows for it to account as one. Which, again, reminds us that the current state of the law is that it is rotten by default.

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