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2007 December 21

Court ruling protects encryption keys as a Fifth Amendment right

This news is a few days old but is critically important, none the less. A federal judge in Vermont has ruled that the right not to divulge his PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) passphrase is protected by the 5th amendment.  If this becomes a precedent, it will be distinctly different from European countries such as [...]

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