[cryptography] US Appeals Court upholds right not to decrypt a drive

[Visgean Skeloru]

In the same tone: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wXkI4t7nuc

2012/2/24 Eugen Leitl <eugen at leitl.org>

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> From: Benjamin Kreuter <brk7bx at virginia.edu>
> Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:59:19 -0500
> To: jamesd at echeque.com
> Cc: cryptography at randombit.net
> Subject: Re: [cryptography] US Appeals Court upholds right not to decrypt a
>        drive
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> On Sat, 25 Feb 2012 05:30:57 +1000
> "James A. Donald" <jamesd at echeque.com> wrote:
>
> > So:  Don't talk to police about the contents of your drive, or indeed
> > anything of which they might potentially disapprove.
>
> I believe that you meant to say, "Don't talk to the police at all,"
> which should be standard policy for anyone who finds themselves under
> arrest.  There is no advantage in talking to the police once you have
> been arrested, nothing you say will help in your defense and you are
> not going to talk your way out of an arrest.  The odds are stacked
> against you during a police interview -- you are talking to people who
> have been trained to extract confessions, who are being paid to sit
> there interrogating you, and who will pick through what you say to
> find incriminating statements.  Stay quiet, speak only to your
> attorney, and let your attorney speak on your behalf; you cannot be
> penalized for exercising your rights, nor can the fact that you refused
> to speak be introduced as evidence against you (at least in the United
> States).
>
> -- Ben
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