Mortgage fraud defendent's laptop unlocked

[thewayne]

The Feds were able to decrypt her laptop, it's not known if her co-defendant ex-husband might have given them the password or if one that she previously gave them finally worked. Regardless, the timing is a little suspect.

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/02/decryption-flap-mooted/

Comments

[silveradept]

Pretty much. I'm still rather surprised that it wasn't seen as self-incrimination to provide a password to unlock a drive that would have damaging evidence on it. Funny how all the principles go out the window when law enforcement decides that it really does want access to that information.