Passwords and the Fifth Amendment

Published for NC Criminal Law on February 09, 2012.

Several years ago, I blogged about a case in which the government sought to compel a criminal defendant to provide the password to his encrypted computer, or at least, to provide an unencrypted copy of the contents of his hard drive. You can read that post here. It’s time to revisit the topic, for two ... Read more

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