The power to force people to unscramble their data was granted to authorities in October 2007...In the U.S. this power might (or might not) be challenged under the provisions of the 5th Amendment to the Constitution: "...nor shall [any person] be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself..."
The former High Court judge did not provide details of the crimes being investigated in the case of either individual - neither of whom were necessarily suspects - nor of the sentences they received.
Personally, I suspect in the U.S. the provisions of the Patriot Act would be used to override any protections of the Constitution.
Long discussion thread at Reddit on this subject.
Seems like the argument againt giving DNA or fingerprints
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ReplyDeletehey - think you'd enjoy this paper. http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1084503
ReplyDeletealso, i believe a recent court ruling from Arizona in March/April of this year prevents officers of the law from opening stored containers that pose no threat during a pull-over (ie things in your glove box or trunk). so i think we're pretty good from this threat at the moment? or am i woefully naive and a moron (highly likely)
PS i have no legal background...
Nope:
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