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Re:Suspect can’t be compelled to reveal “64-character” passw... by daveFNbuck on Sunday November 24, 2019 @11:26AM (#21621378)
Giving out the code to a wall safe demonstrates my ownership of the safe contents in exactly the same way that giving out the password to a computer demonstrates my ownership of the contents of the computer.
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Re:Suspect can’t be compelled to reveal “64-character” passw... by michaelmrose on Thursday November 28, 2019 @08:02PM (#21661184)
It seems so. It seems unlikely that such an order would be successful so they would drill the safe.
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Re:Suspect can’t be compelled to reveal “64-character” passw... by daveFNbuck on Friday November 29, 2019 @02:26AM (#21662720)
The point of bringing up wall safes is that it courts have already ruled that it's unconstitutional to require someone to give up a wall safe combination.
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