re fifth amendment and passwords in article apr bernina ethz ch caronni nessie cs id ethz ch germano caronni writes just a question as a provider of a public bbs service aren t you bound by law to gurantee intelligble access to the data of the users on the bbs if police comes with sufficent authorisation i guessed this would be a basic condition for such systems i did run a bbs some time ago but that was in switzerland you are obliged to let the police search the equipment if they have a proper court order you are under no legal obligation to keep the data intelligble if you wish to run your bbs entirely with all data encrypted such that if the police show up they cannot read anything well thats their problem there are no legal restrictions on domestic use of cryptography in the united states yet perry metzger pmetzger shearson com laissez faire laissez passer le monde va de lui meme
