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> Things like personal notes, journals, communications all used to be accessible to the government through warrants. Now that information is all locked away beh
by chimeracoder 11y ago
> Things like personal notes, journals, communications all used to be accessible to the government through warrants. Now that information is all locked away behind encryption.
The government already has plenty of ways to collect evidence through legal means. A judge can compel you to provide access to your company files, to unlock your home, to decrypt your computer, etc. If you don't comply with the discovery process, you can be held in contempt of court. Encryption doesn't change anything in that equation.
The difference here is that the person in question is dead, so he can't provide the password. So the FBI wants to set a precedent that they can obtain information they want through means that would normally not be available to them.
- x5n1 11y agoPeople die all the time after committing nefarious crimes. In this case the police killed them. Maybe the police is to blame for the fact that we can not get to the truth about the crime. If there is any truth to be found, other than disillusioned religious people go on a murderous rampage all on their own. I mean justice, well in many cases there can't be justice. The long arm of the law can't reach everyone anywhere, especially after death.
- zardo 11y agoDead men take secrets to the grave every day. Brain communication interfaces aren't that far off though, so maybe we can solve this "problem" with the our minds being dark to the FBI in a decade or two.