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...i think the approach is that since he refused to provide a passwd and stymied the investigation, there is now a real basis in law to hold and prosecute him..

...i think the approach is that since he refused to provide a passwd and stymied the investigation, there is now a real basis in law to hold and prosecute him...i.e. put him in jail, with a bunch of others that dont like such ilk...a point of leverage i would think..

cwkoss 8y ago
It's a weird situation because if a facebook engineer reset his password to something else, he'd never be able to get out of jail? Seems odd to make a criminal court order based on a commercial authentication scheme.
- toyota786 8y ago
  If he forgets the password or it gets magically reset somehow and he legitimately no longer has access to the account (a stretch....password resets are a thing for this reason), then perhaps he should still serve his time anyway as the crime has already been committed. If it was unrecoverable, then of course he'd still be able to get out. It even says in the article he was sentenced to 14 months, not until he gave up the password.
  - m1573rp34130dy 8y ago
    ...hopes are he will believle that giving the psword will get him out of jail...hopes that are fostered by the police lying to him about what will happen... the cops in UK are allowed to lie thier asses off for invetigative purposes....wanna get outta here tomorrow so you dont have to play with your new friends anymore? give us the psword