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Re:EFF: forced disclosure of encryption password violates 5t... by ldar15 on Saturday July 09, 2011 @12:55AM (#2745050)
On the contrary. If the safe requires a combination, the higher courts have held that the 5th protects you from giving it up.
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Re:EFF: forced disclosure of encryption password violates 5t... by logic on Saturday July 09, 2011 @02:21PM (#2746048)
This is from the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in Texas, and makes for interesting reading:

http://ftp.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F3/272/272.F3d.748.00-5...

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