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IEEE joins the ranks of non-backdoored strong cryptography defenders

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Passwords

“forensic analysis of suspected computers, and compelling suspects to reveal keys or passwords.”

In the US, SCOTUS ruled over a century ago that forcing people to reveal lock combinations is a violation of their 5th Amendment rights. Subsequent court rulings extended that to passwords.

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