Judge orders defendant to decrypt PGP-protected laptop

[Peter Gutmann]

"Perry E. Metzger" <perry at piermont.com> writes:

>[Explanation of why courts aren't Turing machines]

Very nice explanation.  The name I've used for this (attempted) defence is the
Rumpelstiltskin defence, for reasons that should be obvious (and at some point
I'll get around to finishing the writeup on this, which I get motivated to do
every time I see someone advocate the Rumpelstiltskin defence as a strategy to
use in court).

Peter.

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