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Re:Man jailed indefinitely for refusing to decrypt hard driv... by Bamberg on Monday March 20, 2017 @11:26PM (#13919640)
mmm this poses an interesting question: what if a defendant/suspect cannot remember the password? Does anyone know if there is any comparable precedent regarding forgetting things?
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Re:Man jailed indefinitely for refusing to decrypt hard driv... by isaacremuant on Monday March 20, 2017 @11:28PM (#13919645)
If you're a politician, "I don't recall" seems to work wonders for depositions.
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Re:Man jailed indefinitely for refusing to decrypt hard driv... by fjdlwlv on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @01:38AM (#13920092)
Only if you are too powerful to jail
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