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However, in the case of a safe there exist other reasonable methods to access its content such as a safe cracker or breaking open the door. As I stated in my c
by d0ne 15y ago
However, in the case of a safe there exist other reasonable methods to access its content such as a safe cracker or breaking open the door.
As I stated in my comment above, in the case of properly encrypted data where exactly one person possesses the key this is not the same.
- aplusbi 15y agoTechnically it's not the same thing. Whether or not it is legally different is an entirely different matter - one that has not yet been resolved. If the court decides that encryption is like a safe then, regardless of how impossible it is to open the safe without a key, the court can coerce you into decrypting your HD. However, if the court decides that encryption is like a secret language that only you can translate (a more accurate representation of encryption, in my opinion) then they will likely rule that they cannot coerce you into decrypting the data.