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Sorry that happened. Your password wasn't actually "kissmyass" was it?

by mLuby 5y ago

noel99 5y ago
It’s chill, I redid my maths my maths A-level and got an A, I basically had a one on one maths tutor for a year in the prison learning complex, came in very useful now I am a software engineer. The ironic thing is that the police waited about 2 years after they seized the laptop to ask me for the pass phrase. I’m not sure I even actually remembered it as it was so long. PGP Whole Disk Encryption ftw. At the time WDE wasn’t available on the mac and the police got loads of data from my pals text editor temporary files. No one got anything from mine hahaha
- hwers 5y ago
  Did you have any trouble getting a job with the sentence on your resume? Just curious
  - noel99 5y ago
    I do not have a criminal record. The wonderful conservative/liberal coalition updated the rehabilitation of offenders act 1974 so my conviction became spent. That said I currently work for a 1000 employee plus employer and they never did a criminal record check but others have.
    - kingcharles 5y ago
      Yeah, I've never known any tech job actually do a background check in the UK. It'd have to be something very specific. Even when I worked for a financial company.
  - willis936 5y ago
    I think this is a better story than most one gets asked about a 5 year gap.
  - xerxesaa 5y ago
    This person is in the UK. The rights afforded to criminals in other places may not be so good.
nirui 5y ago
I found this entertaining. Since you cannot legally refuse to give up the password, insult them while you giving up is probably the most appropriate revenge you can do at that situation. "Tell me, what's your password?" says the adversary, "It's 'kissmybloodyhemorrhoidsassyoudumbshithahaha!', all lowercase, no space, ended with a exclamation point". The password is cryptographically secure too since it's long. And it's easy to remember, relatively easy to type in. All around, simply a good password.

Sorry that happened. Your password wasn't actually "kissmyass" was it?

by mLuby 5y ago

Sorry that happened. Your password wasn't actually "kissmyass" was it?

It’s chill, I redid my maths my maths A-level and got an A, I basically had a one on one maths tutor for a year in the prison learning complex, came in very useful now I am a software engineer. The ironic thing is that the police waited about 2 years after they seized the laptop to ask me for the pass phrase. I’m not sure I even actually remembered it as it was so long. PGP Whole Disk Encryption ftw. At the time WDE wasn’t available on the mac and the police got loads of data from my pals text editor temporary files. No one got anything from mine hahaha

hwers 5y ago
Did you have any trouble getting a job with the sentence on your resume? Just curious
- noel99 5y ago
  I do not have a criminal record. The wonderful conservative/liberal coalition updated the rehabilitation of offenders act 1974 so my conviction became spent. That said I currently work for a 1000 employee plus employer and they never did a criminal record check but others have.
  - kingcharles 5y ago
    Yeah, I've never known any tech job actually do a background check in the UK. It'd have to be something very specific. Even when I worked for a financial company.
- willis936 5y ago
  I think this is a better story than most one gets asked about a 5 year gap.
- xerxesaa 5y ago
  This person is in the UK. The rights afforded to criminals in other places may not be so good.

nirui 5y ago

I found this entertaining. Since you cannot legally refuse to give up the password, insult them while you giving up is probably the most appropriate revenge you can do at that situation. "Tell me, what's your password?" says the adversary, "It's 'kissmybloodyhemorrhoidsassyoudumbshithahaha!', all lowercase, no space, ended with a exclamation point". The password is cryptographically secure too since it's long. And it's easy to remember, relatively easy to type in. All around, simply a good password.