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Re:Man jailed indefinitely for refusing to decrypt hard driv... by futun on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @11:05AM (#13922812)
Right, but in that case the court is asking for specific documents which it knows exists.

In this case, the court is asking the man to provide evidence which the court is not aware of. And there also might be evidence for other crimes which the court isn't aware of.

This is also a right to privacy issue.

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Re:Man jailed indefinitely for refusing to decrypt hard driv... by benchaney on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @11:17AM (#13922918)
If the court knew that the documents existed, he would have been convicted for possession of child porn by now. The court thinks that the documents exist, but obviously they can't prove it.
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