Re: The ugly side of using disk encryption

["Brian Loe" <knobdy () gmail com>]

On 10/19/06, Saqib Ali <docbook.xml () gmail com> wrote:
> > John Ashcroft attempted to pass a law a few years ago that would have made "use of encryption" a felony that could be 
> added to any other crime to get 3-5  years tacked on to the end of it.  Fortunately the bill stalled and has never been brought back 
> up.  --
>
> a little twist:
>
> how about if you are found guilty and you were using encryption to
> cover up misdeeds, tack on additional 10-15 years. DA can use that
> additional 10-15 yr as a bargaining tool to get access to encrypted
> data.

So you'd force them to incriminate themselves? That's more
unconstitutional than baning encryption.

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