>has an encrypted drive that they forgot the password for This scenario is indistinguishable from just simply having a chunk of random data in your possession.

>has an encrypted drive that they forgot the password for This scenario is indistinguishable from just simply having a chunk of random data in your possession. Let's say you decide to use shred to delete some file, any file. If you become the target of an investigation and they find a deleted file and the blocks haven't been overwritten since you ran shred they could claim that this file was an encrypted archive and jail you for 5 years for not being able to "unlock" it.