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by medo-bear 768 days ago
In Australia you can be sentenced for up to 5 years for refusing to testify (in a secret hearing you can't tell anyone about). 2 years for refusing to give encryption keys. In general one should not rely on a protocol to protect you if someone comes at you with a wrench.
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> if someone comes at you with a wrench

relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/538/