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Encryption of the file should be treated as a separate step from deletion of the plain text. The latter is destruction of evidence in the case of a crime.
by AlexCoventry 9y ago
Encryption of the file should be treated as a separate step from deletion of the plain text. The latter is destruction of evidence in the case of a crime.
- ohtwenty 9y agoAre you arguing you should legally have to keep a plain text copy of anything you encrypt? I mean I get your train of thought but that seems to be the conclusion
- AlexCoventry 9y agoNo, only that destruction of evidence could pertain to deleting the plaintext of crime-related documents.
- Spivak 9y agoThis is a tough sell when hard drive manufacturers use encryption to implement a secure instantaneous delete. You can't really argue that the files were deleted the moment they were encrypted.