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Old Jul 29, 2010 | 12:20 pm
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Originally Posted by z003y
and they have the right to search for as long as they feel required
What no one seems able to tell me is whether you are required by law to hand over your encryption password for your computer, i.e. if customs takes your computer and it has full-disk encryption, are you required by law to hand over the password so they can examine the computer? What happens if you say "I choose to not give you the password." Are you arrested and charged with an offence?
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