Judge orders defendant to decrypt PGP-protected laptop (CNet)

CNet reports that a US Federal judge has ordered a defendant to decrypt a laptop drive to allow the government to view its contents; this runs counter to an earlier ruling that compelling decryption would violate the defendant's self-incrimination rights. "Boucher's attorney, Jim Budreau, already has filed an appeal to the Second Circuit. That makes it likely to turn into a precedent-setting case that creates new ground rules for electronic privacy, especially since Homeland Security claims the right to seize laptops at the border for an indefinite period."

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