> The feds can not force me to decrypt my own crypto, I have 5th amendment protection against that. That depends on what the gov't knows about what encrypted f

> The feds can not force me to decrypt my own crypto, I have 5th amendment protection against that. That depends on what the gov't knows about what encrypted files you have. In the worst case, they don't need to ask you for your password, they just need you to decrypt your data. In Re Boucher is the most famous case where the government ruled that the 5th amendment couldn't prevent the government from compelling someone to decrypt their data. On the flip side, Wikipedia has this short blurb on it's article on U.S. V Hubbell: "The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Hubbell. The Court held that the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination protects a witness from being compelled to disclose the existence of incriminating documents that the Government is unable to describe with reasonable particularity. The Court also ruled that if the witness produces such documents, pursuant to a grant of immunity, the government may not use them to prepare criminal charges against him."