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Re:Man jailed 16 months, and counting, for refusing to decry... by zhemao on Monday February 13, 2017 @02:20AM (#13633663)
The difference is that the authorities can crack open a safe without the suspect cooperating. But it's virtually impossible to decrypt something without the receiving the key.
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Re:Man jailed 16 months, and counting, for refusing to decry... by hysan on Monday February 13, 2017 @02:33AM (#13633696)
Unless it's something akin to a Da Vinci cryptex that destroys the contents when forced open. Just scaled up to modern day encryption levels.
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