Re: Judge orders defendant to decrypt PGP-protected laptop - CNET News

[Jeffrey Walton <noloader () gmail com>]

> Seems like the case is bound to set a precedent in the interpretation
> of this law. Any which ways it would be worthwhile to observe whether
> the US courts follow a similar course of action as their UK
> counterparts.
I recall a similar instance in the US about two years ago (damn if I
can find a citation at the moment). The legal issue was slightly
different than above, where the above claims he does not have to
surrender due to [possible] self incrimination.

In the previous the issue raised was whether a computer, obtained
through a warrant, also included the password to decrypt the data on
the computer. In the later, the judge ruled that the password to
decrypt the data was included since the warrant included the computer.

Standard disclaimer: I'm not a lawyer, but I am interested in the
legal interpretations of these security related matters as most others
on the list.

Jeff

On 3/18/09, Aarón Mizrachi <unmanarc () gmail com> wrote:
> On Sábado 07 Marzo 2009 18:14:51 Shailesh Rangari escribió:
> Seems like the case is bound to set a precedent in the interpretation
> of this law. Any which ways it would be worthwhile to observe whether
> the US courts follow a similar course of action as their UK
> counterparts.
>
> [SNIP]

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