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Well shit, this was my reason not to ever visit the US, but I live in Britain so I'm fucked anyway.
by sph 4y ago
Well shit, this was my reason not to ever visit the US, but I live in Britain so I'm fucked anyway.
- jmclnx 4y agoI wish I could laugh, seems the US, UK and Australia are in a competition to see who can out do each other. What is it with English Speaking Countries ? I guess Canada is OK because of Quebec keeps them sane :)
- yamtaddle 4y ago> What is it with English Speaking Countries ? Legal systems based on common-law?
- louloulou 4y agoCanada has the same shit, NZ too.
- upofadown 4y agoApparently not for the Canadian case: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_disclosure_law#Canada https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_disclosure_law#Canada
- jmclnx 4y ago>In a 2010 Quebec Court of Appeal case the court stated that a password compelled from an individual by law enforcement "is inadmissible and that renders the subsequent seizure of the data unreasonable Quebec for the win :)
- ta1243 4y agoFrance and Belgium also have similar laws backed by imprisonment
- ta1243 4y agoLiterally been like this for over 15 years, and people were sent to jail from 2009 onwards because of it https://www.theregister.com/2009/11/24/ripa_jfl https://www.theregister.com/2009/11/24/ripa_jfl