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What if you pass phrase was "I have child porn on my hard-drive", then could you plead the fifth?
by megaman821 15y ago
What if you pass phrase was "I have child porn on my hard-drive", then could you plead the fifth?
- evgen 15y agoYou could try. The judge could also demand that you provide your lawyer with the pass phrase and that the lawyer then enter that pass phrase when required to by the digital forensics team in such a way that does not reveal the password to the forensics team. The judge also has the authority to strike things from the record and could simple demand that you provide the pass phrase and that any mention of the actual pass phrase not be used in court and that any such usage will not be a part of the trial records. Either way, the 5th is a weak shield to try to hide behind in this case.