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Fifth Amendment shields child porn suspect from decrypting hard drives

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Re: Fifth Amendment shields child porn suspect from decrypting hard drives

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This seems like the first time in quite a while someone's rights have been protected (as far as what's in the news goes, anyway). Unless the guy is convicted, he still has all of those pesky things -- regardless of how obvious his guilt may or may not be to anyone -- and it's a lot better for all of us if they're actually taken seriously once in a while.

Re: Fifth Amendment shields child porn suspect from decrypting hard drives

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God is 100% just.

I was cracking-up laughing. God said you mess with a priest, you mess with him. It's obviously an attack on the church. It looks completely different when you're not an atheist, doesn't it! LOL

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abernacle.

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26:19 And thou shalt make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two tenons.

26:20 And for the second side of the tabernacle on the north side there shall be twenty boards: 26:21 And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.

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Re: Fifth Amendment shields child porn suspect from decrypting hard drives

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This is one of those issues that leaves you arguing with yourself ... I'm 100% against child pornography (or really the exploitation of anyone), but 100% for rights to privacy, both digitally and in "in real life".

We can only hope that if this suspect is guilty, they find evidence that can be obtained without violating his rights ... and of course if he's innocent, I hope he avoids the stigma being a suspect might bring.

Re: Fifth Amendment shields child porn suspect from decrypting hard drives

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It's kinda weird that they took care to not mention his name in the article, but they say his last name in the quotes by the Judge.

The judges statements will already be in the public record, but I'm glad they're not mentioning his name prior to a conviction.

Re: Fifth Amendment shields child porn suspect from decrypting hard drives

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This seems somewhat narrow, unfortunately. Suppose I have a laptop with an encrypted hard drive, and I'm known to use that laptop. It's going to be hard to convince someone that I don't own the laptop and drive, so it seems like the government could still compel me to decrypt it.

Of course, this would protect me if I happen to have encrypted hard drives scattered randomly around, but that's not typically how one would store data.

Re: Fifth Amendment shields child porn suspect from decrypting hard drives

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I'm not in favorite of pedophilia -- I'm just a spectator who wants to watch God fight.

God says... C:\TAD\Text\WEALTH.TXT

, and with it, that of all the leading men of British America. Men desire to have some share in the management of public affairs, chiefly on account of the importance which it gives them. Upon the power which the greater part of the leading men, the natural aristocracy of every country, have of preserving or defending their respective importance, depends the stability and duration of every system of free government. In the attacks which those leading men are continually making upon the importance of

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fuck-em up God! They won't know what hit them!

God says... C:\TAD\Text\QUIX.TXT

'If your head aches rub ointment on your knees;' at any rate I'll make bold to swear that in all the histories dealing with knight-errantry that your worship has read you have never come across anybody disenchanted by whipping; but whether or no I'll whip myself when I have a fancy for it, and the opportunity serves for scourging myself comfortably."

"God grant it," said Don Quixote; "and heaven give thee grace to take it to heart and own the obligation thou art under to help my lady, who is thin

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God says it's fat women's fault.

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