On Tue, Mar 03, 2009 at 12:26:32PM -0500, Perry E. Metzger wrote: > > Quoting: > > A federal judge has ordered a criminal defendant to decrypt his > hard drive by typing in his PGP passphrase so prosecutors can view > the unencrypted files, a ruling that raises serious concerns about > self-incrimination in an electronic age. > > http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10172866-38.html
The privacy issues are troubling, of course, but it would seem trivial to bypass this sort of compulsion by having the disk encryption software allow multiple passwords, each of which unlocks a different version of the encrypted partition. When compelled to give out your password, you give out the one that unlocks the partition full of kitten and puppy pictures, and who's to say that's not all there is on the drive? Is there any disk encryption software for which this is common practice? -- - Adam ** Expert Technical Project and Business Management **** System Performance Analysis and Architecture ****** [ http://www.adamfields.com ] [ http://workstuff.tumblr.com ] ........... Technology Blog [ http://www.aquick.org/blog ] ............ Personal Blog [ http://www.adamfields.com/resume.html ].. Experience [ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fields ] ... Photos [ http://www.twitter.com/fields ].......... Twitter [ http://www.morningside-analytics.com ] .. Latest Venture [ http://www.confabb.com ] ................ Founder --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to majord...@metzdowd.com