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> The 2000 R.I.P. Act supposedly made it illegal to withhold a requested key to protected (encrypted) information. However, to my knowledge this is untested in
by ErrantX 17y ago
> The 2000 R.I.P. Act supposedly made it illegal to withhold a requested key to protected (encrypted) information. However, to my knowledge this is untested in court.
To add a data point; we have seen this used several times, always successfully admissible.
Being somewhat on the firing line and seeing the results I find it quite hard to find it a bad law.
I love the UK's inherent right to silence; it's one of the things I still find truly wonderful about my country. But in the case of RIPA my opinion is in reverse :)
- sfnhltb 17y agoYes, the problem really is the undefined "proportionality" clause which needs to reviewed by some body, and some broad guidelines need to be set of what isn't proportional. The vast majority of the uses are quite reasonable, but when individual councils are left to make their mind up about clauses like this, some are bound to go off the deep end when someone is on a crusade against dog poo or whatever.