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Subject: Re: Computer Bulletin Board Confiscated
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Date: Tue, 5-Jun-84 15:20:36 EDT
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Here's an interesting legal question related to the seizing of information
as evidence:

Suppose I encrypt my "evidence of wrongdoing"
with a "secure" cryptosystem and commit the key to
memory. The police seize my files and demand to have the key. Can
I refuse to reveal it under the 5th amendment?
Suppose I claim that I forgot it?


Phil