Defendant Ordered To Decrypt Laptop Claims She Had Forgotten Password 1009
wiedzmin writes "A Colorado woman that was ordered by a federal judge to decrypt her laptop hard-drive for police last month, appears to have forgotten her password. If she does not remember the password by month's end, as ordered, she could be held in contempt and jailed until she complies. It appears that bad memory is now a federal offense."
The article clarifies that her lawyer stated she may have forgotten the password; they haven't offered that as a defense in court yet.
Obligatory (Score:2, Funny)
Like this, only with less pain and more jailtime...
This is why... (Score:5, Funny)
Hmm. (Score:5, Funny)
I was about to mod your post, but then I realized there's no "Obligatory" option.
Re:This is why... (Score:5, Funny)
Or, name all of your mundane files things that are totally not-mundane.
Re:It worked for gonzales (Score:5, Funny)
Re:This is why... (Score:5, Funny)
I'm interested in location_of_the_body.jpg
Re:Inside my HD there are two very important files (Score:4, Funny)
Because I do not plain to use them
They are "honey-pots" I left for the law-enforcement agents, just in case they are interested in what I have in my HD
Re:Inside my HD there are two very important files (Score:5, Funny)
Well I'm glad that you released your brilliant plan on a public forum where said law enforcement agents surely wouldn't look.
Re:Hmm. (Score:1, Funny)
I was about to mod your post, but then I realized there's no "Why don't you pull that stick out of your ass" option.
Re:Inside my HD there are two very important files (Score:3, Funny)
Well I'm glad that you released your brilliant plan on a public forum where said law enforcement agents surely wouldn't look.
Maybe he wants law enforcement to think those are just "honey-pots" so they don't try too hard to get at the content.
Re:5th Amendment? (Score:4, Funny)
Saying that, may well find "US Constitution" moved to the Fiction section of your libraries pretty soon.
I encrypt my laptop with rot13 twice. (Score:3, Funny)
Interrogation proof password (Score:5, Funny)
Perhaps her password was "ICantRemember".
Re:Inside my HD there are two very important files (Score:4, Funny)
Shall we post the XKCD comic about the five dollar wrench? Would that be cruel?
Re:Inside my HD there are two very important files (Score:3, Funny)
Sorry, but this is no different to a judge ordering you to open a safe that is inaccessible due to a combination lock so you tell the judge, "Sorry, I honestly cannot remember the combination. However, the numbers for the combination were written in the manual which came with the lock. The three numbers range anywhere from 0-40. Good luck!"
Re:Inside my HD there are two very important files (Score:4, Funny)
Hence this bug should be fixed: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/148440 [launchpad.net]
Stenography? (Score:5, Funny)
All they have to say is "We believe this file is encrypted using stenography, give us the password"
Yeah, it's those stenographers and their suspicious-looking keyboards. They're bound to be up to no good. It seems like they've infiltrated every court in the land, too.
Re:Obligatory (Score:5, Funny)
Depends on how they use the wrench....
hm (Score:4, Funny)