re fifth amendment and passwords i am postive someone will correct me if i am wrong but doesn t the fifth also cover not being forced to do actions that are self incriminating from mike godwin mnemonic eff org posted with permission carl sadly it does not suspects can be compelled to give handwriting and voice exemplars and to take blood and dna tests i am sure that mike is correct on this point i am also pretty sure that administering truth serum would be ruled a violation of your right not to incriminate yourself but what is the salient difference both drawing blood and injecting truth serum incapacitate you for a while but do no permanent damage is it simply that we have come to view one as acceptable while the other is viewed as a fundamental violation of one s rights if this is the case how do we expand the protections of the th amendment to incorporate new technologies without the results being a hodgepodge of different judges personal opinions rob stampfli rob colnet cmhnet org the neat thing about standards ham radio kd wk n jyv oh there are so many to choose from
