The DOJ is trying to force a citizen to give up her encryption key (that's a password to those of us who speak plain English) because they can't break the encryption on her computer. I haven't researched this issue, but it is an interesting question because a password could easily be characterized as the equivalent of a key to a physical lock box or as speech required by the government as an admission that the suspect knows what is on the computer and has control over it.
Cnet is all over this story and even has an interview with the defendant's attorney.
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