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The UK is all sorts of fucked up. You're not lawfully allowed to withhold passwords to encrypted data you're in possession of, meaning someone can slip an encry
by whamlastxmas 10y ago
The UK is all sorts of fucked up. You're not lawfully allowed to withhold passwords to encrypted data you're in possession of, meaning someone can slip an encrypted USB drive in your bag, you get arrested, and sent to jail for god knows how long because you're unable to give a password to a drive that isn't yours (and maybe doesn't have any password).
- J-dawg 10y agoI'd never considered that set of circumstances before. The politicians who voted it into law probably didn't consider it either. And that's exactly the problem: we have layer upon layer of vague and badly-written legislation, which ends up creating terrifying loopholes like the one described above. My tinfoil hat paranoia is not quite at the level of thinking they're doing it on purpose (although I wonder sometimes). But it's easy to see that indiscriminate surveillance combined with these vague laws create a situation where anyone could be victimised by the authorities. It's a totalitarian dictator's dream.