(June 25, 2016 at 6:04 pm)TheRealJoeFish Wrote:(June 25, 2016 at 1:02 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Exactly, extracting a password from a suspect is a form of self-incrimination, it seelms to me.
I would argue that it's more like demanding access to a house via a locked door once you have a search warrant. The fifth amendment isn't about keeping the government from getting into places where you hide stuff (that's the 4th and 6th). Rather, it's more or less about the government not being allowed to force you to say what's in your *brain.
Given that a search log is in essence "what was on your brain", I think the defense would still hold in the circumstances you describe.
