Man jailed 16 months, and counting, for refusing to decrypt hard drives
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Re: Man jailed 16 months, and counting, for refusing to decrypt hard drives
#2The people who do this now will become old and helpless to, and it is our purpose to forget nothing and make sure their final years are thoroughly ruined.
Re: Man jailed 16 months, and counting, for refusing to decrypt hard drives
#3The people who do this now will become old and helpless to, and it is our purpose to forget nothing and make sure their final years are thoroughly ruined.
Which people? Those instituting the policies or those accused of the crimes?
Re: Man jailed 16 months, and counting, for refusing to decrypt hard drives
#4The people who do this now will become old and helpless to, and it is our purpose to forget nothing and make sure their final years are thoroughly ruined.
You see, 35 years ago you signed this order on d'tention over hard drive 'ncryption?
That's unconst'tutional, you know. Here we've got the relevant law. So now we have to w'draw a 35 years worth of pay that you received aft'wards. That's the law that say that, too. We'll start by taking your house 'way.
Also we our records show you gave $100k to your daughter 15 years ago. I'm 'fraid we have to put a debt on her for that sum, with 'nterest. Here's the rel'vant court order.
Re: Man jailed 16 months, and counting, for refusing to decrypt hard drives
#5Re: Man jailed 16 months, and counting, for refusing to decrypt hard drives
#6The people who do this now will become old and helpless to, and it is our purpose to forget nothing and make sure their final years are thoroughly ruined.
You see, 35 years ago you signed this order on d'tention over hard drive 'ncryption? That's unconst'tutional, you know. Here we've got the relevant law. So now we have to w'draw a 35 years worth of pay that you received aft'wards. That's the law that say that, too. We'll start by taking your house 'way. Also we our records show you gave $100k to your daughter 15 years ago. I'm 'fraid we have to put a debt on her for…
Why do you do that with apostrophes? It makes your comment harder to read and doesn't add anything to it.
Re: Man jailed 16 months, and counting, for refusing to decrypt hard drives
#7Let him go then.
Re: Man jailed 16 months, and counting, for refusing to decrypt hard drives
#8Doesn't America have some rule against being compelled to provide evidence of your guilt?
Re: Man jailed 16 months, and counting, for refusing to decrypt hard drives
#9Doesn't America have some rule against being compelled to provide evidence of your guilt?
It's mentioned right in the article - Fifth Amendment
Re: Man jailed 16 months, and counting, for refusing to decrypt hard drives
#10Let him go then.
What about the possibility that this guy (or someone else similarly situated) might legitimately not have the password to unlock the volume?
I have old hard drives and computers in my basement for which I'm quite sure I don't recall the root password.
Edited to add: I'm not coming out pro-child-pornography, but I think the EFF has it 100% correct here.
From the article: The Electronic Frontier Foundation told the court in a friend-of-the-court brief (PDF) that "compelled decryption is inherently testimonial because it compels a suspect to use the contents of their mind to translate unintelligible evidence into a form that can be used against them. The Fifth Amendment provides an absolute privilege against such self-incriminating compelled decryption."