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So basically: "we can't find your money so you're going to jail unless you find it for us?" I was talking to a friend about encryption the other day and that w

by CoreSet 13y ago

So basically: "we can't find your money so you're going to jail unless you find it for us?" I was talking to a friend about encryption the other day and that was his salient point. Unbreakable key? Break it or go to jail.

lucb1e 13y ago
Physical security is an integral part of information security. But if governments start doing things like that, what kind of country are we living in?
- anewthrowaww 13y ago
  USA and UK are already doing it: [1] http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-57364330-281/judge-americans-can-be-forced-to-decrypt-their-laptops/ http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-57364330-281/judge-america... [2] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-11479831 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-11479831
qq66 13y ago
"Break it or go to jail" is already established law that pre-dates computers ("open this combination safe or go to jail"), but courts have generally held that this law also applies to encryption keys.
- derekp7 13y ago
  And if the contents of the safe are written in code, or some made up language that the courts don't understand, can they compel you to translate them?
  - qq66 13y ago
    Yes, they can. This has also been true for hundreds of years.
Lazare 13y ago
As always, relevant XKCD: http://xkcd.com/538/ http://xkcd.com/538/