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greendestiny on Aug 12, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: Withold password, go to jail

The proper analogy would be refusing to give a combination for a safe, which you can probably do, its not such an issue because they can break the safe open.

jrockway on Aug 12, 2009 [–]

Exactly.

I think there is actually precedent (in the US) here, but I can't find the reference. I will keep looking.

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