Thursday, 29 November 2007

password need not be produced in USofA-court

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the source(pdf)

A US-District-Court issued a ruling that a canadian need not release the password for his pgp-drive because that is a thought and he has the right to remain silent about his thoughts.
Formerly a password was often seen as a key by the accusers that could be forced to be produced.
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iD8DBQFHZ6eVLAZ+Vq4hPgARAmbZAKCLC9tuRWuNC5cfGk+RgCC7g4mhPwCbBR9H
KL76qxeXZ0AfpVi3rvirCIM=
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