You cannot be compelled to incriminate yourself in the US. However, that doesn't mean you can't be compelled to give up your password, since it's not the act o

You cannot be compelled to incriminate yourself in the US. However, that doesn't mean you can't be compelled to give up your password, since it's not the act of giving up the password that is incriminating.* As an analogy, if you had a safe that contained incriminating evidence and you hid the key, you could be compelled by the court to reveal the location of the key. * As far as I know (IANAL) whether or not giving up a computer password is considered self-incrimination or not is still undecided.