At 04:29 PM 2/7/03 -0500, Steve Furlong wrote: ...
Practical question: Would someone trying to coerce you into giving up your key, whether the police or someone less likely to follow the rules, believe you couldn't get access to the files? Why not provide you with the right incentives and see what happens....Legal question: If Alice selected and used a system in which she wouldn't be _able_ to provide the decryption key or the decrypted documents on demand, would she still be liable under contempt or criminal charges for not providing them? Maybe she used a dongle with the key, which erased itself if not activated every 24 hours. Emphasis on her not taking any action to delete files or erase a key after being served or arrested. I'm mainly interested in US law, but would be interested in other jurisdictions, too.
"Well, I guess you'll have to go back into your cell again, if you won't help us. What? You don't like Mongo as a cellmate? Pity, he sure seems to enjoy, er, like you."
Steve Furlong Computer Condottiere Have GNU, Will Travel
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