On one side this is a bit of karma, the rioters had their own interpretation of the constitution , now the government is using their interpretation. All jokes a

On one side this is a bit of karma, the rioters had their own interpretation of the constitution , now the government is using their interpretation. All jokes aside, no matter the mental gymnastics, 5th amendment etc, this is just bad and contributes to the erosion of civil rights. Say, you have some darknet drug marketplace admin account on a laptop, and the police suspects that, forcing you to unlock the machine is of course forcing you to self incriminate. Especially if you compare this to a street dealer, the non virtual dark web drug marketplace. Only the seller knows the deals of the past and where money and supply are stashed. Nobody can force him legally to disclose any of that. Meanwhile , the laptop guy, by unlocking the laptop will hand them on a silver plate: past transactions and sales, delivery addresses, vendor data. Both commit the same exact crime, one can't be forced to disclose a thing, the other can? You can try to sugarcoat this in any way you like, if this is not defended against, this will come back to bite many regular people, probably even some who support it. Think of divorce cases, the lawyers are very creative, rest assured they will exploit this as much they can.