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The closest I can remember is there being a guy who was going through customs coming back to the US. His laptop was inspected, and he had left child porn open o
by s73ver_ 9y ago
The closest I can remember is there being a guy who was going through customs coming back to the US. His laptop was inspected, and he had left child porn open on the screen. The inspectors saw it. The guy quickly closed the laptop, causing it to sleep, and causing the disk encryption to kick in, requiring authentication. He was held in contempt when he refused to unlock the laptop.
That is a slightly different situation, as the evidence had been seen, and was known to be in the suspect's possession.
- Consultant32452 9y agoIn another case a district judge ordered a Colorado woman to decrypt her laptop. The person did not have to reveal their password, as that might weirdly count as "testimony," but they did have to provide the unencrypted data. It was ruled that the act of production of data does not constitute testifying against yourself. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_disclosure_law#United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_disclosure_law#United_Stat...