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Civil Liberties

BillZBubb

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2. The court got this one wrong.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Wed Jun 25, 2014, 04:32 PM

Jun 2014

The government doesn't know how to decrypt the files, so the opinion that forcing the decryption is only telling the government what it already knows is asinine.

What is shocking is that 5 out of seven judges bought this line of BS.

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Massachusetts high court says accused criminal must decrypt computers for police [View all] Eugene Jun 2014 OP

what happens if he refuses? savalez Jun 2014 #1

The court got this one wrong. BillZBubb Jun 2014 #2

Agreed.... sdfernando Jun 2014 #3

So the takeaway seems to be to always play dumb about encryption? Pholus Jun 2014 #4

My takeaway... Styx Jun 2014 #5