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RE: Judge says defendant must decrypt files, Fifth Amendment not at issue

terry flores 24th Jan

@matthew_maurice - There is another big issue here. There is no independent verification of what the data means. When I discover a paper record, I have some means of verifying what was written, and a way to interpret it. But with encrypted data, how do I know it was decrypted correctly? If it fails to produce the evidence desired by the prosecution, can they continue to push for contempt or obstruction punishments?

Given the different forms and sophistication of encryption, it's possible to hide not only the data itself, but the very nature of the data. This presents a problem that has yet to be addressed.