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JohnFen

Re: It's not encrypted...

"In the USA, we can exercise our 5th amendment privilege, thankfully"

Yeah, probably not. I'm not sure if the Supreme Court has ruled on this or not, but I've seen a few cases in lower courts where the court ruled that being forced to provide a password is not a 5th amendment violation, as the password itself is not incriminating testimony.

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