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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