-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Bill Stewart writes;
Assuming the arrest warrant was good not revealing the key to a duly authorized court representative would be illegal (ie interfereing with a police investigation). If the courts serve a warrant for your arrest and the confiscation of data on your hard drive (and you refuse to turn the data over even after talking w/ an attorney) is specificaly mentioned you are opening yourself up for another whole world of legal hurt.
A citizen would have the legal right to refuse prior to talking w/ an attorney but not after, at that point it becomes witholding evidence.
If the process is legal there should be no reason a citizen can refuse to turn over his private keys (I don't believe self-incrimination holds here).
Bill, help me out here, if the warrant allows them to confiscate your harddrive that part I can understand, But if being forced to provide the decryption isn't self-incrimination, what the hell good is what we're doing here. Brian Williams Extropian Cypherpatriot -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.3a iQCVAgUBLRnOTdCcBnAsu2t1AQEoaQQAllNzsD/MtKPC9awQbxKepja2zOAWaHvO IzOymSR3KizhwLOlFDXm3xEOx5kUfKYk6QDMk35Oz3GZXC0FRjnu2fLzc2SQInHo xprUvh/kmdaaDx220asohVjwDzoYLJC6UnB6lXhhp140If1Bvk7YcUGaBQvET26h EvYA9iS4XRY= =zZv+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----