Colorado woman must unencrypt hard drive

Re:Colorado woman must unencrypt hard drive by superppl on Wednesday February 22, 2012 @07:41PM (#3623265)

That line just bugs me on so many levels. Why can't they prosecute those cases without having the data on someone's laptop? What can someone have on a laptop that can be so important that without it it becomes impossible to convince a jury?

Honestly, I think if the prosecution is unable to move forward without that data, then they had no hope in the first place.

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Re:Colorado woman must unencrypt hard drive by ceol on Wednesday February 22, 2012 @08:23PM (#3623368)

I disagree. In cases of fraud, logs, emails, and spreadsheets could all be used to guarantee a case— especially if it's the online variety.

From my understanding, you're basically asking for the prosecution to prosecute a murder case but not allow them to use the murder weapon— with the person's prints on it— as evidence.

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Re:Colorado woman must unencrypt hard drive by whyenot on Wednesday February 22, 2012 @07:51PM (#3623294)

Wouldn't an obvious case be possession of child pornography?

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