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 - [Antigua and Barbuda](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_disclosure_law#Antigua_and_Barbuda) <div class="float-right"><span class="flag-icon flag-icon-ag"></span></div>
 - [Australia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_disclosure_law#Australia) <div class="float-right"><span class="flag-icon flag-icon-au"></span></div>
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- <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_disclosure_law">Wikipedia page on key disclosure law</a>
- <a href="https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/1523/can-a-us-citizen-be-required-to-provide-the-authentication-key-for-encrypted-dat">law.stackexchange.com question about key disclosure law in US</a>
- <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt7D4AIfqlQ">DEFCON 20: Crypto and the Cops: the Law of Key Disclosure and Forced Decryption</a>