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Re:EFF: forced disclosure of encryption password violates 5t... by cookiecaper on Sunday July 10, 2011 @12:46AM (#2747066)
I agree that this is the best analog. I posed the same question in a similar discussion a couple of weeks ago. Can the government compel a defendant to decode a handwritten note or provide the key to the cipher? If so, this is the applicable precedent, much more than safes or doors. As a sibling comment states, there has to be case law on this. I'd be interested in the comments from any HN users in the know.

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