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Re:Court rules that people can't be locked up indefinitely f... by JoeSmithson on Thursday February 13, 2020 @09:04AM (#22317782)
A forensic scientist would testify that they extracted the files from there.

It is exactly the same as when a confidential source gives up an address (for example) the source never gets into evidence.

Re:Court rules that people can't be locked up indefinitely f... by CiPHPerCoder on Thursday February 13, 2020 @10:10AM (#22318273)
The whole point of strong encryption is to prevent adversaries (including forensic scientists) from extracting any information without possession of the key.

If the key involves a password that you, a human, have memorized in your squishy pink organ, it's privileged under the Fifth Amendment. (This hasn't been tested in court yet, of course. There's no precedent to fall back on.)