Fifth Amendment Protects Computer Passwords That Protect Pornography Files
Author: Roslyn Myers.
Source: Volume 15, Number 02, February/March 2014 , pp.19-20(2)
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Abstract:
In an era of digital data, which is easily disseminated and exchanged online, and when illegal material is easily “hidden,” the old U.S. Supreme Court standard of not forcing individuals to produce private incriminating documents is being challenged by aggressive law enforcement tactics. In the Boucher case, an assertion of privacy rights prevailed.Keywords: child pornography; computer encryption; Human Exploitation Rescue Operative Child-Rescue Corps
Affiliations:
1: John Jay College and Fordham Law School.