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Defendant Ordered To Decrypt Laptop Claims She Had Forgotten Password

Posted by Unknown on from the war-on-alzheimer's-patients dept.

wiedzmin writes "A Colorado woman that was ordered by a federal judge to decrypt her laptop hard-drive for police last month, appears to have forgotten her password. If she does not remember the password by month's end, as ordered, she could be held in contempt and jailed until she complies. It appears that bad memory is now a federal offense." The article clarifies that her lawyer stated she may have forgotten the password; they haven't offered that as a defense in court yet.

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  1. This is why... by gtch · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...you should put all the juicy stuff in plain sight on your harddisk. Then encrypt the stuff you don't care about. When the authorities finally get the password out of you, at least you'll have the satisfaction of confounding them.

    1. Re:This is why... by ThorGod · · Score: 5, Funny

      Or, name all of your mundane files things that are totally not-mundane.

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    2. Re:This is why... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      I'm interested in location_of_the_body.jpg

  2. Hmm. by MrEricSir · · Score: 5, Funny

    I was about to mod your post, but then I realized there's no "Obligatory" option.

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  3. Re:It worked for gonzales by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    And for presidents... "I did not [remember] having sexual relations with that worman."

  4. Re:Inside my HD there are two very important files by Taco+Cowboy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Because I do not plain to use them

    They are "honey-pots" I left for the law-enforcement agents, just in case they are interested in what I have in my HD

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  5. Re:Inside my HD there are two very important files by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well I'm glad that you released your brilliant plan on a public forum where said law enforcement agents surely wouldn't look.

  6. Interrogation proof password by mwvdlee · · Score: 5, Funny

    Perhaps her password was "ICantRemember".

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  7. Stenography? by 6031769 · · Score: 4, Funny

    All they have to say is "We believe this file is encrypted using stenography, give us the password"

    Yeah, it's those stenographers and their suspicious-looking keyboards. They're bound to be up to no good. It seems like they've infiltrated every court in the land, too.

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  8. Re:Obligatory by bsane · · Score: 4, Funny

    Depends on how they use the wrench....