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by mc32 5264 days ago
>I'm wondering what the legal ramifications might be if you set a secondary key that would wipe the drive

Destruction of evidence. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoliation_of_evidence

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Oh, I get that, I'm not saying it's a way to avoid the ramifications, I'm just wondering what they are.

I have to say that I somewhat agree with the ruling because there are similar situations with physical objects, not true one-to-one but they are there. I'm just wondering how the courts would react to the destruction of digital evidence that was not directly initiated by the defendant, but indirectly by preparing for the possibility.