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Re:Court rules that people can't be locked up indefinitely f... by Johnny555 on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @10:12PM (#22315034)
but if they know about a notebook where you wrote it they can require you to give up the notebook

But if you wrote in a made-up language that only you know, can they force you to translate it?

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Re:Court rules that people can't be locked up indefinitely f... by Ntrails on Thursday February 13, 2020 @08:01AM (#22317360)
How would you know the translation was accurate if it was done?
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Re:Court rules that people can't be locked up indefinitely f... by Johnny555 on Thursday February 13, 2020 @02:26PM (#22320583)
Good question, similarly how do you know the right encryption key was given, maybe there's a hidden volume that you can only see if you have the right key.
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