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My understanding is that in the US, passwords fall under the 5th amendment. Here's an example where a subpoena ordering the defendant to enter in a password wa
by tsally 17y ago
My understanding is that in the US, passwords fall under the 5th amendment. Here's an example where a subpoena ordering the defendant to enter in a password was quashed: http://www.eff.org/files/Boucher.pdf http://www.eff.org/files/Boucher.pdf
- jrockway 17y agoA good read, thanks for posting.
- benatkin 17y agoThe Wikipedia article has more info on that case. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Boucher http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Boucher In February of this year, the judge required him to provide unencrypted access to the drive.