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New Congressional Report Explores Legal Issues Regarding Compelled Decryption

"Encryption: Selected Legal Issues," a new report from the Congressional Research Service, explores two important legal questions that arise from government requests for compelled decryption: the Fifth Amendment right agains self-incrimination and the scope of the All Writs Act, the federal statute at issue in Apple v. FBI. EPIC filed a "friend of the court" brief, joined by eight other consumer privacy organizations, in support of Apple's challenge in the FBI iPhone case, pointing to the increased risk of cell phone theft and financial fraud that would result from compelled encryption.

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