encryption laws

Steffen Zahn zahn at berlin.snafu.de
Wed May 21 09:15:43 PDT 1997


On Thu, 15 Jul 1993, Allan Thompson wrote:

>         Would it be possible for a court to subpeona a encrypted file or key,
> and order you to tell them the key ?
> If you didn't would you be held in 'contempt of court' ?

How about claiming that you used a OTP and then revealing the key?
Or should I say a key?

Regards
  Steffen

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