Man jailed for not decrypting drive proves US is just making shit up as it goes
Apr27
Most of the world first heard the term ‘All Writs Act’ during Apple and the FBI’s recent showdown. Others, like a Philadelphia man have known about it for at least the last several months, as the US government is using it to hold him indefinitely for failing to decrypt a hard drive. The government used the All Writs Act of 1789 to compel the suspect — a former Philadelphia Department sergeant — to unlock two hard drives it believed contained depictions of child sex abuse. After refusing, the suspect has been held — without charges — for the past seven months and…
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