Judge Orders Defendant to Decrypt Laptop

Judge Orders Defendant to Decrypt Laptop

January 24th, 2012

Via: Wired:

A judge on Monday ordered a Colorado woman to decrypt her laptop computer so prosecutors can use the files against her in a criminal case.

The defendant, accused of bank fraud, had unsuccessfully argued that being forced to do so violates the Fifth Amendment’s protection against compelled self-incrimination.

“I conclude that the Fifth Amendment is not implicated by requiring production of the unencrypted contents of the Toshiba Satellite M305 laptop computer,� Colorado U.S. District Judge Robert Blackburn ruled Monday.

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