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Re:Arrest of suspected developer of Tornado Cash by dcolkitt on Friday August 12, 2022 @11:41AM (#32440219)
Wrong. For example courts have consistently ruled that you can’t be compelled to unlock your phone or decrypt your hard disk if you’re invoking the 5th
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Re:Arrest of suspected developer of Tornado Cash by emkemp on Friday August 12, 2022 @11:58AM (#32440458)
"courts have consistently ruled that you can't be compelled to unlock your phone ... if you're invoking the 5th."

This is demonstrably false.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/08/nj-supreme-court...

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Re:Arrest of suspected developer of Tornado Cash by dcolkitt on Friday August 12, 2022 @03:09PM (#32442739)
That’s NJ Supreme Court, not federal court. They’re notorious for getting overruled at the federal level.
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Re:Arrest of suspected developer of Tornado Cash by kube-system on Friday August 12, 2022 @11:46AM (#32440296)
That is a perfect example of how my statement is 100% correct. (many/most) Courts in the US have ruled that you can't be compelled to provide a decryption key only when it is, as I said:

> inside your head

If it is written down, biometric, etc it does not get protection under the 5th. Those realms are not inside your head, and so they are protected by the 4th, and subject to warrant.

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