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For one thing, there's the argument in the article: giving the key is an admission that you know the key in the first place, which is self-incrimination.
by bo1024 13y ago
For one thing, there's the argument in the article: giving the key is an admission that you know the key in the first place, which is self-incrimination.
- mpyne 13y agoJust like possessing a key means you were associated with the safe and its contents, though. Again, there's still a real-world analogy so I suspect the courts will treat it as they do in the real world and try to determine on a case-by-case basis whether simply being able to decrypt the data could be considered incriminating or not. For instance, it's not self-incriminating if the government can show that they already know you're associated with the key/lock. Likewise with an encryption key...