[convery]

Stories like these are so scary because encryption is(/should be) indistinguishable from random data. Imagine being accused of some crime and the police finds a USB drive formatted by overwriting it with random data. Then the prosecutor, not having found any evidence for what you're accused of, decides to fuck you over by saying the drive contains billions in bitcoin or CP but you refuse to decrypt it.

[guerrilla]

Ideally they'd be required to have some evidence that it's not just random data. Unfortunately, I don't think we can assume the real world is ideal.

[GoblinSlayer]

The password is "hunter2", I swear. It doesn't decrypt? Dunno, maybe the file is corrupted?

Can this fly?

[BitwiseFool]

It could work if your attorney persuaded the judge. But it could also backfire and be seen as contempt of court.

[slickrick216]

The thing is the powers that be can basically accuse you of anything anyway and plant whatever evidence they need to get it over the line. Your civil rights are an illusion sadly.