Judge Orders Defendant to Decrypt Laptop

[res0nat0r]

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/01/judge-orders-laptop-decryption/

Screw all this MegaUpload obvious law breaking nonsense. This is the scary shit right here:

A judge on Monday ordered a Colorado woman to decrypt her laptop computer so prosecutors can use the files against her in a criminal case.


The defendant, accused of bank fraud, had unsuccessfully argued that being forced to do so violates the Fifth Amendment’s protection against compelled self-incrimination.


“I conclude that the Fifth Amendment is not implicated by requiring production of the unencrypted contents of the Toshiba Satellite M305 laptop computer,” Colorado U.S. District Judge Robert Blackburn ruled Monday. (.pdf)

[Kamal]

Re: Judge Orders Defendant to Decrypt Laptop

yea I've been watching this one waiting for the Judge Rule. We are all Fucked from here on.

[dusk]

Re: Judge Orders Defendant to Decrypt Laptop

Missed this case... Got to look into the details.

[88Mariner]

Re: Judge Orders Defendant to Decrypt Laptop

Why would the D not say, "i simply forgot" spend the next 18 months in jail for civil contempt, and then walk free. Probably as not as bad as what the sentence would otherwise be. (haven't read it, but I understand the issue at hand.)