[Edit] I stand corrected, decryption keys are apparently mostly 256bitAES I still think is not realistic to remember them. If it is just a password to a walle

[Edit] I stand corrected, decryption keys are apparently mostly 256bitAES I still think is not realistic to remember them. If it is just a password to a wallet of keys or an OS then authorities are more than capable of cracking them - just like FBI vs Apple. [edit] disagree ? -- Read the court filing , they assert exactly what is on each disk. https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/2781972-Lauri-Love-case-directions-April-2016.html https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/2781972-Lauri-Love-c... If they already know the disk contents then it is not unreasonable to assume : [Edit] IMHO this fits with the trend of sending chilling effects to journalists - as when they send police with angle grinders to chop up computers and hard drives to the Guardian newspaper ( who then moved to America ).