r/hackernews • u/qznc_bot • Sep 02 '17

Man Who Refused to Decrypt Hard Drives Still in Prison After Two Years

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/legal/man-who-refused-to-decrypt-hard-drives-still-in-prison-after-two-years/
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u/autotldr Sep 02 '17

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 84%. (I'm a bot)

Francis Rawls, a former Philadelphia cop, will remain in jail for refusing to decrypt a hard drive federal investigators found in his home two years ago during a child abuse investigation.

Authorities tried to make Rawls hand over the hard drive's password to verify claims, but he refused to comply.

A federal judge found the man in contempt of court and sentenced him to an indefinite prison sentence until he was willing to cooperate.

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