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tzs on July 9, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: EFF: forced disclosure of encryption password viol...

Knowing the password to encrypted data does NOT prove that the data is yours. People often know other people's passwords.

WettowelReactor on July 9, 2011 [–]

If the data is incriminating then you may be just as liable under the law.

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