re fifth amendment and passwords in c jzsz jzo cs uiuc edu kadie cs uiuc edu carl m kadie writes the crypto key disclosure issue hasn t come up yet but current law suggests that it s a loser for the defendant he ll be compelled to turn over the key it has actually come up or it will in a week or two in nz i ll post the outcome when the trial finishes which could take months btw overall it looks like you can t be forced to reveal a password if anyone can provide a convincing legal argument to the contrary ie an actual court case i d be most interested peter pgut cs aukuni ac nz p gutmann cs aukuni ac nz gutmann p kosmos wcc govt nz peterg kcbbs gen nz peter nacjack gen nz peter phlarnschlorpht nacjack gen nz in order of preference one of em s bound to work think or thwim
