Philadelphia Man Jailed for 17 Months Over Encryption of Files
The law, the U.S. Constitution, and the world of technology are locked in a triple threat steel cage match, literally, as a man in Philadelphia has been in jail for 17 months, and will remain in jail, due to his use of encryption on his personal computer. File Encryption and the Fifth Amendment. A former Philadelphia police officer, Francis Rawls, is mired in a legal problem that is testing his convictions and his freedom, according to sources. He is accused of possessing child porn and having downloaded the files onto his hard drive. He has not been officially charged, just imprisoned for....
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