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Re:The privacy loophole in your doorbell by AdrianB1 on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @05:47PM (#35075852)
Not a lawyer, but I read about cases where the judge put people in prison for contempt because they refused to disclose passwords for encrypted content. There was a guy that was in prison for more than 1 year in such a case.
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Re:The privacy loophole in your doorbell by NegativeK on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @09:29PM (#35077683)
To the extend that I've read, they can demand that they hand over data/documents that they know exist, regardless of whether they're encrypted. It's akin to being forced to open a safe if they have a search warrant for a specific document.

What they can't do is say "decrypt this blob and let us look around".

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