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I think the idea is that legally it is closer to a username. A judge can allow the police to knock down your apartment door through a warrant. But they can't c

I think the idea is that legally it is closer to a username. A judge can allow the police to knock down your apartment door through a warrant. But they can't compel you to speak and incriminate yourself. Much the same, they can force you to reveal your fingerprint, but cannot compel you to share a password.

bodz 9y ago
> Much the same, they can force you to reveal your fingerprint, but cannot compel you to share a password. Unfortunately this is dependent on your jurisdiction. In Virginia it's been ruled that law enforcement can't force a password out of you, but in federal court and in other jurisdictions (Florida), they can imprison you indefinitely for not revealing your password. The justification used is that the password itself doesn't incriminate you, it's just a password. The stuff that would be revealed with the password might be incriminating, but that's different.
- huac 9y ago
  Do you have a federal court decision to cite? Your other comments pointed to two state court decisions (FL and VA).
  - bodz 9y ago
    https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/09/judge-wont-release-man-jailed-2-years-for-refusing-to-decrypt-drives/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/09/judge-wont-relea...