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potatolicious on Nov 18, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Full disk encryption is too good?

> "you cannot be constitutionally compelled"

The US government has frequent shown that they have no qualms against unconstitutionally compelling individuals...

cheald on Nov 18, 2011 [–]

Indeed. Hence the "(legal) force" qualifier.

I wouldn't be at all surprised to learn that targets had passwords "coaxed" out of them.

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