Falkvinge:
An appeals court has denied the appeal of a person who is jailed indefinitely for refusing to decrypt files. The man has not been charged with anything, but was ordered to hand over the unencrypted contents on police assertion of what the contents were. When this can result in lifetime imprisonment under “contempt of court”, the United States has effectively outlawed file-level encryption – without even going through Congress.
Falkvinge: With appeals ruling, the United States has effectively outlawed file encryption »
Ars Technica: Man jailed indefinitely for refusing to decrypt hard drives loses appeal »
One thought on “Decrypt, or else…”