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> failure to decrypt a device What if you don't have the key? Do they need to prove that you're able and refusing to decrypt the device or are you presumed gui
by aianus 11y ago
> failure to decrypt a device
What if you don't have the key? Do they need to prove that you're able and refusing to decrypt the device or are you presumed guilty until you prove you can't?
What about one-time pads where you could make up whatever key you wanted and it would be valid?
- JupiterMoon 11y agoI think (and I am not lawyer and not your lawyer) that the onus is on you to prove that you don't have the encryption key (anymore) or have access to it. I don't know what case law exists on this.
- yarrel 11y agoI believe people were emailing encrypted messages to the minister who proposed this and destroying the keys to demonstrate the problem with this. However on the whole it is the same as being asked to open a safe. If you don't remember the combination...