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by mikeash 5264 days ago
I disagree. If you can be jailed for refusing to decrypt data on a computer seized under a legitimate warrant, then you can be jailed for not having the password for encrypted-looking data on a computer seized under a legitimate warrant. A warrant does not imply guilt, so this means innocent people may be imprisoned.
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I agree completely.

Just saying that a question of what a court can compel you to do as part of a trial (before sentencing) is a quite different than a fourth amendment issue of illegal search and seizure which it seems some people are conflating this with.