Computer technology has grown by leaps and bounds in the last decade. As the new technologies develop, criminals are using more sophisticated encryption tools to safeguard the contents of their e-mail and the documents on their hard drives. Assuming that police have valid warrant to seize and search a suspect’s hard drive for evidence of criminal activity, can the suspect be compelled to give
the police the key to his encryption program so that they may have access to his records?
What will be an ideal response?
Central to the debate over this question is the issue of whether the key to the encryption program is physical evidence or strictly communicative in nature. As discussed in the chapter, while most communicational evidence is protected under a person’s right against self-incrimination, this right does not extend to cover physical evidence.
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