The scenario you describe is not at all like the situation at hand. Data corruption and encryption are not the same thing as encryption is a fully reversible pr

The scenario you describe is not at all like the situation at hand. Data corruption and encryption are not the same thing as encryption is a fully reversible process. Further, the owner of the drive is not in a legal or moral grey area. They are in a "black" area where it's quite clear that they are being intentionally deceptive in defiance of a court order.