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

[Ansgar Wiechers <bugtraq () planetcobalt net>]

On 2009-03-04 baknoff () yahoo com wrote:
> Actually, this isn't a violation.  Under Federal law for years now, if
> you enter or leave the country and security pulls your system for
> inspection, you HAVE to provide the key.

Which is one of the reasons why some people (including myself) refuse to
enter the country in the first place. One blatant violation of civil
rights does not justify other violations of said rights.

> Any lawsuit will go nowhere.  

That remains to be seen.

Regards
Ansgar Wiechers
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