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From: hnewstro@x102c.harris-atd.com (Harvey Newstrom)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Re: "Bad" backups
Message-ID: <5081@trantor.harris-atd.com>
Date: 13 Dec 90 12:54:43 GMT
References: <1990Dec9.155404.4847@eff.org> <1990Dec11.164524.1860@digibd.com> <5758@catfish10.UUCP> <1990Dec13.045324.2811@eff.org>
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In article <1990Dec13.045324.2811@eff.org> mnemonic@eff.org (Mike Godwin) writes:
>In article <5758@catfish10.UUCP> schultz@motcid.UUCP (Rob Schultz) writes:
>>
>>Is booby-trapping this data ok?  
>
>Booby-trapping your data is perfectly legal, unless you're
>doing it to thwart a specific, ongoing law-enforcement investigation,
>in which case it probably isn't.

What about keeping data encrypted with a secret password?  It seems like
one could ``take the fifth'' and refuse to divulge the password on the
grounds that it might incriminate.
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Harvey Newstrom   (hnewstro@x102c.ess.harris.com)