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Re:Apple’s “warrant canary” disappears by SEJeff on Thursday September 18, 2014 @03:08PM (#8337015)
No in the US you can plead the 5th and simply not respond.
Re:Apple’s “warrant canary” disappears by eridius on Thursday September 18, 2014 @07:57PM (#8338334)
Corporations cannot plead the 5th. That only applies to individuals. And it only applies when there is any reason to believe there is a risk of self-incrimination.

So yes, if you are in a circumstance where pleading the 5th is allowed, then you may plead the 5th and therefore not comment. But in the case of a corporation, or in the case of circumstances where you may not plead the 5th, then you cannot escape punishment by asserting that you are in a catch-22.

Re:Apple’s “warrant canary” disappears by Khaine on Thursday September 18, 2014 @08:21PM (#8338407)
As Mitt Romney was fond of saying, "corporations are people"
Re:Apple’s “warrant canary” disappears by eridius on Thursday September 18, 2014 @09:09PM (#8338537)
Sure, and legally in many ways corporations are people. But in this specific case, corporations do not enjoy the protections of the 5th amendment.
Re:Apple’s “warrant canary” disappears by anonbanker on Sunday September 21, 2014 @11:44AM (#8347397)
[Citation needed]
Re:Apple’s “warrant canary” disappears by eridius on Sunday September 21, 2014 @04:40PM (#8348215)
I learned it from The Illustrated Guide to Law, which is a webcomic about law written and illustrated by a criminal defense lawyer.

The page that states this is http://lawcomic.net/guide/?p=2600, though the next couple of pages are relevant as well.

Re:Apple’s “warrant canary” disappears by jorgis on Thursday September 18, 2014 @04:20PM (#8337402)
This only works if your testimony is the only evidence of the crime.