>... it's a "foregone conclusion" that illegal porn is on the drives, ...
Obviously not if the government needs the suspect to tell them where to find the porn in the keyspace. The porn at this point literally does not exist on the computer. The government is asking the suspect to find it for them there.
So the question here is; can the government compel someone to help the government find evidence against them?
This reminds me of something a Pakistani coworker said. He said that in the area of Pakistan he grew up in they had the best police force anywhere. There were no unsolved crimes. Someone always confessed...
So this is the same sort of thing. Torture someone long enough with indefinite detention and they will eventually come up with something to indict themselves with. There has to be something illegal in any well used computer.
Obviously not if the government needs the suspect to tell them where to find the porn in the keyspace. The porn at this point literally does not exist on the computer. The government is asking the suspect to find it for them there.
So the question here is; can the government compel someone to help the government find evidence against them?
This reminds me of something a Pakistani coworker said. He said that in the area of Pakistan he grew up in they had the best police force anywhere. There were no unsolved crimes. Someone always confessed...
So this is the same sort of thing. Torture someone long enough with indefinite detention and they will eventually come up with something to indict themselves with. There has to be something illegal in any well used computer.