Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site mouton.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mouton!karn From: karn@mouton.UUCP Newsgroups: net.followup,net.micro,net.legal Subject: Re: Computer Bulletin Board Confiscated Message-ID: <65@mouton.UUCP> Date: Tue, 5-Jun-84 15:20:36 EDT Article-I.D.: mouton.65 Posted: Tue Jun 5 15:20:36 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 6-Jun-84 06:55:50 EDT References: <898@ihuxi.UUCP> <4464@utcsrgv.UUCP> Organization: Bell Communications Research, Inc Lines: 11 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