Self Incrimination

[Yaman Akdeniz]

On 5 Jul 00, at 12:59, Brian Gladman wrote:

> My understanding is that the government asserts that production of key
> material is not "self incrimination".

I do not agree with government thinking and I believe any such belief 
is wrong as the production of key material could be considered as self-
incrimination.

> What if a passphrase or key itself is incriminating e.g. "I once
> smoked dope" or suchlike.  Wouldn't this make the passphrase
> protected?

Despite its content, it should be protected and whatever your 
passphrase is, should not make any difference in law. I do not think 
that your passphrase would amount to a "confession" in law.

Yaman


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