Re:Man jailed over computer password refusal
by blahblahblah on Tuesday October 05, 2010 @07:57PM
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The password is among the contents of your brain.
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Re:Man jailed over computer password refusal
by Nelson69 on Tuesday October 05, 2010 @10:34PM
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It's not the password they want, it's the evidence in side the "safe" that your password protects.
You're compelled to provide access. You could probably make a legitimate case for not actually revealing the password if you provided access for them.
Re:Man jailed over computer password refusal
by lurchpop on Tuesday October 05, 2010 @09:16PM
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damn. that's a really good point, but i still think it'd fall under the 4th. A password is closer to providing a key to a locked door rather than testimony.
It would be interesting to know if there was ever a hybrid case where there was a password-protected door with a numeric keypad, and someone refused to give the pw. I'd assume in a case like that, however, the cops would just smash shit out of it.