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[Land of the free] Judge rules you can be jailed for 18 months for failure to decrypt. a hard drive (after 4 years in prison) (arstechnica.com)

posted 1 year ago by BidenIsAGroomer 1 year ago by BidenIsAGroomer +76 / -0

Man who refused to decrypt hard drives is free after four years in jail

Court holds that jail time to force decryption can't last more than 18 months.

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– DemolitionsPanda 3 points 1 year ago +3 / -0

More to the point, the encrypted drive was provided. If there is no record of the passphrase, then how can that document be provided?

The court is trying to compel testimony so that a case may be built.

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