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I probably sound like I'm defending the Law
and that's not my intention. If the Law doesn't have a valid reason to search your property then they shouldn't get access.

I just don't follow the whole password = self incrimination argument.

Maybe someone can answer this question. To my mind digital storage is somewhere to store information so it equates to a safe or locked drawer. You lock it to keep things safe from those you don't want to have access. If the Law demand access to your safe are you obliged to tell them the combination? If they demand you open the locked drawer to the desk in your office, do you have to?

Obviously they can use brute force should you choose not to cooperate just as they can with encryption.
Posted by terry_b
8th Mar 2012