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> Second, if they know what information is being hidden by the encryption and just need a copy of it to prove their case, the foregone conclusion doctrine lets
by rocqua 8y ago
> Second, if they know what information is being hidden by the encryption and just need a copy of it to prove their case, the foregone conclusion doctrine lets them demand it anyway.
Note that they are then not allowed to use the fact that you could unlock it against you.
- jkaplowitz 8y agoTrue, but they can do that with the actual contents of the information itself, and also with the fact (if true) that you owned or possessed the encrypted device on which it was stored. Just not the fact that you knew how to unlock it.