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  Should the Fifth Amendment Cover Your Encrypted Data?

  Posted: January 25th, 2012, 8:46pm CET by Digg

  You may have the right to remain silent, but if the ruling of a federal judge in a recent Colorado case is anything to go by, your computer doesn't get any such protection -- even if the hard drive is encrypted to prevent people such as law enforcement officers from snooping around to find incriminating evidence.