US Judge Rules Defendant Can Be Forced To Decrypt Hard Drive

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US Judge Rules Defendant Can Be Forced To Decrypt Hard Drive

Posted by Soulskill on Monday January 23, 2012 @05:19PM from the it's-not-incriminating-yourself-it's-just-pushing-buttons dept.

A Commentor writes "Perhaps to balance the good news with the Supreme Court ruling on GPS, a judge in Colorado has ordered a defendant to decrypt her hard drive. The government doesn't have the capability to break the PGP encryption, and 'the Fifth Amendment is not implicated by requiring production of the unencrypted contents' of the defendant's computer."

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Talk or else! by Zeroedout · 2012-01-23 17:20 · Score: 5, Funny

If you don't, you'll have to see a man with a $5 wrench...
1. Re:Talk or else! by dmomo · 2012-01-23 17:34 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  No. This is the Government. That wrench cost about $2,000.
Re:Some disagreements in recent history by bondsbw · 2012-01-23 17:38 · Score: 5, Funny

That's why my password is "I~Did-It". Then it actually would be self-incrimination to reveal the password.

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Re:Pesky constitution by Idbar · 2012-01-23 17:40 · Score: 5, Funny

Is the 21 the one that talks about wealthy not expected to be convicted and the government should bail them out? Excuse my ignorance, I'm not from the US.
Re:Some disagreements in recent history by Anonymous Coward · 2012-01-23 17:50 · Score: 5, Funny

Your password is too weak. Use passphrases, they're easier to remember and harder to hack.
Here's a few for example:
"My Hard Drive is full 0f stolen card data"
"I fed the body to neighbour's pigs"
"Me, with the candlestick, in the library"
Re:Am glad that I ain't American !! by Anonymous Coward · 2012-01-23 18:17 · Score: 5, Funny

Yes, it's a good thing you live in England!
Re:Some disagreements in recent history by metacell · 2012-01-23 19:14 · Score: 5, Funny

"Me, with the candlestick, in the library"
I don't think that's illegal yet.
Oh. You meant hitting someone with the candlestick.