Can encryption make you look guilty?

Encryption has become standard on the average computer, appart from whats included, its easy to download encryption software to protect your computer in general and specific encription applications for email and files. But can such actions undertacken by you be used as evidence of you trying to hide something?

I didnt believe so, but upon looking into encryption further I came across this article that made me rethink what I thought.

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'the existence of an encryption program on his computer was at least somewhat relevant to the state's case against him," Judge R.A. Randall a comment from the article on a case in which the placement of encription on the defendents computer was used as evidence of guilt against him.


Though the defendent in this case was a kiddie fiddler in the making is irelivant to the point, once such a ruling is made to allow the placement of encription as evidence then it can be used in other cases with companys/ defendents who arent such people.

not good, as the use of encription will only increase. Besides encription is spose to be a safeguard not work as the opposite.