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The warrant lets law enforcement look for and seize things. It doesn't necessarily compel the target of the search to perform an action. Normally you would obli
by singron 4y ago
The warrant lets law enforcement look for and seize things. It doesn't necessarily compel the target of the search to perform an action. Normally you would oblige the officers since otherwise they would just cut open your locks, but with encryption, that's probably not an available alternative.
Afaik, courts are undecided on whether you can be compelled to decrypt your own data.
Corporations are held to different standards though. They are often required to share information about themselves with the government, are constantly involved with discovery processes, and generally have different expectations of privacy.