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Presumably not, because "the key is broken" is not the same as "I refuse to hand over the keys". This law, rightly or wrongly, is concerned with the latter conc
by ploika 5y ago
Presumably not, because "the key is broken" is not the same as "I refuse to hand over the keys". This law, rightly or wrongly, is concerned with the latter concept.
- bennyp101 5y agoRight ok yea, that is a difference. I guess "Ah crap, it was on my keys earlier, I must have lost it - I can't do anything" would be a grey area!
- lbriner 5y agoI don't think it would be a grey area. If the police couldn't prove that you were lying or had deliberately obstructed the investigation, it would be tough luck for them if you couldn't get into your own device. If you were prepared to lose your device, it would be easier to ditch it than ditch the keys but, again, not all criminals think that far ahead. I read that they caught Dread Pirate Roberts because he thought he would never get caught (in a public library!)
- bennyp101 5y agoI dunno, "losing" a Yubikey Nano would be a lot easier and more believable than "losing" a laptop that you are known to carry about. In terms of plausibility, I'd favour the key being "lost" over the device. Also, if you have a backup key somewhere, you haven't lost any data or your machine.
- RealStickman_ 5y agoMake sure they don't know a backup exists though, or you'd have to unlock that.