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0 pointsqq6612y ago0 comments

"Break it or go to jail" is already established law that pre-dates computers ("open this combination safe or go to jail"), but courts have generally held that this law also applies to encryption keys.

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derekp712y ago

And if the contents of the safe are written in code, or some made up language that the courts don't understand, can they compel you to translate them?

qq66OP12y ago

Yes, they can. This has also been true for hundreds of years.

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derekp712y ago

And if the contents of the safe are written in code, or some made up language that the courts don't understand, can they compel you to translate them?

qq66OP12y ago

Yes, they can. This has also been true for hundreds of years.

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