[80442] in Cypherpunks
Re: encryption laws (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)
Wed May 21 03:52:56 1997
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
From: dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)
Date: Wed, 21 May 97 01:09:50 EDT
In-Reply-To: <199705210354.WAA11857@einstein.ssz.com>
Reply-To: dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)
Jim Choate <ravage@EINSTEIN.ssz.com> writes:
> Forwarded message:
>
> > Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1993 23:04:39 -0400
> > From: Allan Thompson <sparky12@earthlink.net>
> > Subject: encryption laws
>
> > Would it be possible for a court to subpeona a encrypted file or key,
> >
> > and order you to tell them the key ?
> > If you didn't would you be held in 'contempt of court' ?
>
> If they had reasonable cause to believe you had knowledge of the key and
> were refusing to divulge it under direct order of the court you would be
> held in contempt until you were very old and gray.
Yes - the 5th Amendment is useless like all the other consitutional "rights".
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