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Also, if the police have a record of you downloading CP (or whatever), find your hard drive with a huge random segment, and find TrueCrypt software on your mach
by jamesaguilar 13y ago
Also, if the police have a record of you downloading CP (or whatever), find your hard drive with a huge random segment, and find TrueCrypt software on your machine, they're probably going to put two and two together.
- baddox 13y agoI think the point of plausible deniability applies to the notion that random data on your computer is circumstantial evidence that isn't particularly useful in getting a conviction.
- ams6110 13y agoCircumstantial evidence is used all the time to get convictions. It's not proof, but if there's enough of it it becomes very persuasive.
- DanBC 13y agoThey might not get a conviction for images of child sexual abuse, but they'll put you through the grinder to get you to reveal any encrypted data. The US has some protections and case law for this. The UK has RIPA and peoe have gone to prison for not revealing encrypted content. Some cases have maximum terms of 2 years but some have maximum of 5 years. This needs to be factored into the risk assesssments of people using encrypted volumes.