Because your house keys are physical.  And if you refuse to turn over
your house keys, a locksmith can do the job almost as quickly.

Passwords are very, very different in that they are not a physical
entity.  Do you really want the government to have the power to
(legally) force you to divulge information that will incriminate
yourself?

On 2/20/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> A court can order you to turn over your house keys.
>
> Why cannot it order you to turn over your data keys?
>
> [ not rhetorical -- the practice of law is the search
> for analogies... ]
>
> --dan
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