EFF: forced disclosure of encryption password violates 5th Amendment

Re:EFF: forced disclosure of encryption password violates 5t... by gregschlom on Saturday July 09, 2011 @12:31AM (#2745014)

I haven't downvoted you, but I think OP made a valid point highlighting how encryption differs from a safe, while you are, in my opinion, nitpicking on details.

For the practical purposes of a trial, I believe a well encrypted drive is 100% impossible to decrypt, while a safe is relatively easy to open. Again, the point here is to assume good faith and think about a real situation, not if it's hypothetically possible to decrypt it.

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Re:EFF: forced disclosure of encryption password violates 5t... by ColinWright on Saturday July 09, 2011 @09:07AM (#2745533)

  > ... you are, in my opinion, nitpicking on details.

Isn't that more-or-less the practical definition of what lawyers do? Isn't this more-or-less what the courts are for?

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