[ROFISH]

It looks like they're not trying to decrypt the laptop for the fun of it, but judge has physical evidence that the laptop contains relevant information to the case. From the article:

But the police had recorded a phone call between Fricosu and her husband in which she seemed to acknowledge ownership of the laptop and to reference incriminating material on it.

[tricolon]

A recording of a phone call is now physical evidence of the existence of information somewhere else?