Forcing Defendant to Decrypt Hard Drive Is Unconstitutional, Appeals Court Rules By David Kravets, wired.com Forc­ing a crim­i­nal sus­pect to decrypt hard dri­ves so their con­tents can be used by pros­e­cu­tors is a breach of the Fifth Amend­ment right against com­pelled self-incrimination, a fed­er­al appeals court ruled Thurs­day.It was the nation…
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Forcing Defendant to Decrypt Hard Drive Is Unconstitutional, Appeals Court Rules
By David Kravets, wired.com

Forc­ing a crim­i­nal sus­pect to decrypt hard dri­ves so their con­tents can be used by pros­e­cu­tors is a breach of the Fifth Amend­ment right against com­pelled self-incrimination, a fed­er­al appeals court ruled Thurs­day.

It was the nation…