A federal judge in Colorado has ruled that decrypting a computer hard drive does not count as self-incrimination under the Fifth Amendment. Judge Robert Blackburn has ordered Ramona Fricosu, who is charged with fraud, to release the contents of her computer’s encrypted hard drive. Fricosu had argued that doing so would require her to essentially testify against herself, something which is prohibited by the US Bill of Rights.
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