Either you give me your password or you enjoy up to 5 years in jail - what's your choice? Impossible, you think? No, it's a law. But only maybe in a very restrictive country. Sorry, no, that's in Great Britain. Believe it or not.
Here is the article at Heise Security News.
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BBC report on campaigners hit by decryption law
As a follow-up to Neo's note the BBC report today on what is thought as the first application of this law.
There is an interesting report in the BBC News
A very interesting quote here...
"Once a request has been issued the authorities can then issue what is known as a Section 49 notice demanding that a person turn the data into an "intelligible" form or, under Section 51 hand over keys.
Although much of RIPA came into force many years ago, the part governing the handing over of keys only passed in to law on 1 October 2007. This is why the CPS is only now asking for access to files on the seized machines.
Alongside a S49 notice, the authorities can also issue a Section 54 notice that prevents a person revealing that they are subject to this part of RIPA. "
This implies they can both demand your keys and you cannot tell anyone you have done this!
TrueCrypt is also mentioned in this report and the possible "plausible deniability" offered therein.
The potential risk of application of similar law in an unfriendly state is rather scary...
(and it is just 'England' that has gone so far yet?)
Blessings
Mike
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