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Who knows what he does have in that hard drive. Maybe 4 months in prison is significantly better to what might happen if they do get to his data. Hell 4 months
by sp4rki 16y ago
Who knows what he does have in that hard drive. Maybe 4 months in prison is significantly better to what might happen if they do get to his data. Hell 4 months in jail because he refused to give a password sounds a lot better than a sexual offender conviction for 4 years.
In any case, if I was him I wouldn't worry about them decrypting the data in my lifetime. Do you know how many millions of years would it take to decrypt a 50 random char pass phrase decent encryption. Lots of those. So unless there is a breakthrough on computing power several magnitudes bigger than what we have experienced and the money to dedicate millions of computers to the cause, or someone finds a loophole in the encryption algorithm (highly unlikely if using any type of military grade encryption), his data won't be decrypted.
- proexploit 16y agoAnd yet, I'm surprised by technological advancement every day. If you'd asked me several years ago if I thought we'd have artificial limbs controlled by thoughts, I'd have said it was far far away. It's a race between the statute of limitations and encryption/computing technology. (I do agree it seems unlikely).