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From: morpheus@entropy.mcds.com (morpheus)
>ron@zooid.guild.org (Secret Mud) writes:
>
>> I believe in being able to protect my data, until I am presented with a court
>> order to allow it to be searched.
>
>I believe in being able to protect my data. (note period) ...
>
>Hypothetically say I have all my data encrypted with 'mega-DES ]I[' - how will
>an "ummm... I can't remember the key, sorry" hold up in court (assuming said
>court had the papers they need, etc).  Would that be perjury?  Can they
>subpeona a mental construct?  What could they legally do?  (legally as in per
>constitution, etc.  Not the FBI's version..)
>

If you want to deal with lying under oath to a court, go ahead.  And would you
also refuse a court order to search your house?  If not, then why not?  The
only difference between searching a house and a disk drive would seem to be
that it's a lot easier to defend a disk drive against legal search.

 - Ron Sharp.