[80478] in Cypherpunks
Re: encryption laws
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ryan Anderson)
Wed May 21 22:16:07 1997
Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 09:51:05 -0400 (edt)
From: Ryan Anderson <randerso@ece.eng.wayne.edu>
To: cypherpunks@algebra.com
In-Reply-To: <2.2.32.19930716030439.0067dc10@earthlink.net>
Reply-To: Ryan Anderson <randerso@ece.eng.wayne.edu>
On Thu, 15 Jul 1993, Allan Thompson wrote:
> 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' ?
Well, it's probable that you could use the 5th amendment to prevent it,
but yes, I suspect you could have problems with that defense.
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