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Re:Teenager jailed for refusing to hand over computer password by sp4rki on Wednesday October 27, 2010 @11:32PM (#1841594)
Not in the USA. 5th amendment and all.
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Re:Teenager jailed for refusing to hand over computer password by aplusbi on Thursday October 28, 2010 @01:50PM (#1843993)
While I agree with you and believe that the 5th amendment does protect you in theory, this hasn't really been tested in US courts. The law may decide that encryption is a safe rather than a language. In that case the 5th amendment won't protect you. Hopefully that won't be the case.
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