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In what jurisdiction is “I forgot” not a valid defence? If you’ve forgotten the password, you can’t comply with a disclosure order any more than if you were unc
by sjy 7y ago
In what jurisdiction is “I forgot” not a valid defence? If you’ve forgotten the password, you can’t comply with a disclosure order any more than if you were unconscious. The law doesn’t normally need to expressly state that it’s not a crime to fail to do something impossible. Of course, if there was evidence that satisfied the judge or jury beyond reasonable doubt that you were lying about forgotting, the defence would fail.
- Reelin 7y agoWell now I'm not sure. I'm certain I saw a few reported years ago as assuming you had the key if they could show that you had encrypted something. I looked just now and couldn't find record of such key disclosure laws though.
- deleted 7y ago[deleted]