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> Would she be strip-searched, and held in solitary confinement for hours (even after family and friends posted bail), with no explanation? Would she face the p
by openasocket 10y ago
> Would she be strip-searched, and held in solitary confinement for hours (even after family and friends posted bail), with no explanation? Would she face the prospect of indefinite imprisonment if she refused to disclose the passphrases to any of her encrypted devices?
Has the FBI done this before? I could see the CIA doing this to foreign nationals, and obviously that's horrible, but has the FBI done anything like that? I'm not saying they haven't, I would just like an example or two.
- franciscop 10y agoYes, it was yesterday on HN but I cannot seem to find it.
- chadcatlett 10y agoI suspect you are referring to this post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11712035 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11712035
- dTal 10y agoSlight nitpick - they're asking him to enter the password, not disclose it. I'm not sure how much difference it makes but the distinction is specifically mentioned in the article.
- kafkaesq 10y agoI was referring to what happened to Aaron Swartz in the aftermath of his arrest, according to various sources. For a suspected transgression of far lesser significance. Whether the FBI was involved in that particular aspect of his ordeal, I can't say.