Legal compulsion and crypto

[Charles Lindsey]

	On Sat, 4 Jul 1998 8:28 +0100 (BST)
	hcorn@cix.co.uk (Peter Sommer) said...

> (4) The constable may require any information which is contained in
> a computer and is accessible from the premises [ie premises identified in
> the warrant under which the seizure is taking place] to be produced in a
> form in which it can be taken away and in which it is visible and legible
> if he has reasonable grounds for believing -

Constable:
   Ah! I see you are using PGP. Ah! I see you have a file entitled
   "secring" there. Please be so good as to show it to me in visible and
   legible form.
   
Your move: ?


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