Background: The Department of Justice wants to compel a person to enter (not disclose...just enter) her encryption key into her laptop, which was seized during a legal search, in order to determine if any of the files can be used as evidence against her as part of a fraud investigation.
So, here's the article:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-20078312-281/doj-we-can-force-you-to-decrypt-that-laptop/
Read it, absorb it, and then comment. I want to hear what you have to say on the matter!
I will share my thoughts in a soon-forthcoming post.
Thus Sayeth Your Haus
The prosecution bears the burden of proving a defendant guilty. However, forcing a defendant to help prove herself guilty is unlawful. Sure, if the crime was against me, I would want all possible evidence open and available, but it's not a reason to take away freedoms protected by the Constitution, ie 5th Amendment. That's what I think.
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