Re:Encrypted E-Mail Company Hushmail Spills to Feds (2007)
by mpyne on Thursday August 08, 2013 @08:57PM
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In the U.S. I believe at least one court circuit has ruled that you cannot be compelled to give up an encryption key if doing so would involve self-incrimination [1].
The 'catch' is that if the government already knows generically what incriminating data you have they can order you to produce it (as it's not any further incriminating). Or something like that? Recent decision though, so things can still change.
The 'catch' is that if the government already knows generically what incriminating data you have they can order you to produce it (as it's not any further incriminating). Or something like that? Recent decision though, so things can still change.
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/13/04/24/1458203/federal-magis...