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> they can compel you to do as they please, and find you guilty without due process if you don't

The Supreme Court has repeatedly ruled on compelled speech [1], most colourfully on the pledge of allegiance [2]. It’s the theory Apple ran with in the San Bernardino case to avoid creating a decryption key [3]. A theory that was so successful the FBI pulled their case rather than risk a precedent for encryption.

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compelled_speech

[2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia_State_Board_of...

[3] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/FBI–Apple_encryption_dispute



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