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Judge orders defendant to decrypt PGP-protected laptop
From: Jon Kibler <Jon.Kibler () aset com>
Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:35:57 -0500
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 A federal judge has ordered a criminal defendant to decrypt his hard drive by typing in his PGP passphrase so prosecutors can view the unencrypted files, a ruling that raises serious concerns about self-incrimination in an electronic age. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10172866-38.html Jon - -- Jon R. Kibler Chief Technical Officer Advanced Systems Engineering Technology, Inc. Charleston, SC USA o: 843-849-8214 c: 843-224-2494 s: 843-564-4224 http://www.linkedin.com/in/jonrkibler My PGP Fingerprint is: BAA2 1F2C 5543 5D25 4636 A392 515C 5045 CF39 4253 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkmwYdwACgkQUVxQRc85QlP12gCgnUR8bxMFmJ3ltJuGOw2Wm5bA IBoAnjdIpJ7HSUCStCjUKsW2mrTUyz0u =lbeq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ================================================== Filtered by: TRUSTEM.COM's Email Filtering Service http://www.trustem.com/ No Spam. No Viruses. Just Good Clean Email.
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