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From the fine article we're discussing: The Electronic Frontier Foundation has weighed in on the suspect's plight, telling the circuit court in a friend-of-the
by biot 10y ago
From the fine article we're discussing:
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has weighed in on the suspect's plight, telling the circuit court in a friend-of-the-court brief (PDF) that "compelled decryption is inherently testimonial because it compels a suspect to use the contents of their mind to translate unintelligible evidence into a form that can be used against them. The Fifth Amendment provides an absolute privilege against such self-incriminating compelled decryption."