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Re:Man Who Refused to Decrypt Hard Drives Still in Prison Af... by beisner on Saturday September 02, 2017 @11:09AM (#15156334)
There could be a hash collision, which might be enough to provide reasonable doubt for a jury.
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Re:Man Who Refused to Decrypt Hard Drives Still in Prison Af... by johncolanduoni on Saturday September 02, 2017 @12:07PM (#15156681)
The chances of a hash collision are drastically lower than the false positive rate of a DNA test, and US courts have accepted the latter for a long time.
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Re:Man Who Refused to Decrypt Hard Drives Still in Prison Af... by foldr on Saturday September 02, 2017 @01:37PM (#15157221)
No, I mean if they have the image files, they can look at the images. It would be irrelevant what the image hashes to.
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