EFF: being forced to decrypt your files violates the Fifth

Here is something everyone can do to make a difference: get in the habit of creating and keeping randomly-generated data files, and make it known that you subscribe to this practice (i.e. state that you do so in web pages or forums that can be produced in court if ever needed). If the question ever comes up as to why you do this, you can say, “Because it creates a world where the difference between garbage data and encrypted data is known only to the person who owns such files, which is exactly how it should be”.

I think this notion should be made into a widespread, well-publicized movement, with a tagline and EFF advocacy and the whole works.

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