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If detained at the border, and all your storage is encrypted, many countries have laws that require you to reveal your passphrase. OK. But, what about key esc
by quadhome 15y ago
If detained at the border, and all your storage is encrypted, many countries have laws that require you to reveal your passphrase.
OK.
But, what about key escrow? What if I gave the keys to my attorney? Can I be compelled to lie to my attorney about whether I'm under arrest?
Or Jacob Appelbaum, who carries USB drives with the Bill of Rights encoded on them. If the remaining blocks were noise, would he have to somehow prove they weren't encrypted data?
This all seems very unsustainable.
- tatsuke95 15y agoEncryption or no encryption, or any of these other little games won't do anything. Look, if border patrol is in the wrong mood and you try to pull a "well, I'd let you see it but it's encrypted and I don't have the key!" they're going to detain you until they have the information they want. So what's the point? That's the real issue here: we've given more authority to uneducated, power-hungry citizens to mistreat others at will.