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Police Need 90 Days To Crack Hard Drives

Posted by Zonk on from the they'll-get-better-with-practice dept.

Twyko64 writes "The UK police may need 90 days to hold terrorist suspects because it takes that long to crack a suspect's PC hard drive." From the article: "Combining the analysis, the translation and second stage analysis, add inter-country co-operation and interview strategy formation, and from the police point of view, the existing 14 days is inadequate and 90 days doesn't look excessive. Another factor is encryption sophistication. If 256-bit triple-DES or similar techniques are used then decryption could require supercomputer-levels of cracking."

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  1. 90 days, eh? by BushCheney08 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Nothing for you to see here. Please move along.

    Hmmmm. Guess I'll come back in 90 days for the dupe...

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    1. Re:90 days, eh? by Xcott+Craver · · Score: 4, Funny
      And I'm Irish on my paternal great-grandfather's side.

      Yeah, and I'm a woman on my grandmother's side.

      Xcott

  2. They're morons who deserve to get caught by Dwonis · · Score: 4, Funny

    *I* always use at *least* 1024-bit AES!

  3. What a waste of time... by tgd · · Score: 3, Funny

    They should just pin the suspect down and pump five rounds into their head.

    Oh wait...

  4. Re:No such thing as "256-bit triple des" by Dachannien · · Score: 4, Funny

    Seriously, nobody, including name-your-favourite-government-agency, is brute forcing a 256-bit AES key. Not in 90 days. Not in 90 years.

    0x00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00003039? That's the kind of encryption key an idiot would have on his luggage!

  5. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 5, Funny

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  6. Re:No such thing as "256-bit triple des" by z-man · · Score: 5, Funny

    Pssst, like the NSA doesn't have quantum computers behind that triple fence that can brute force 256bit keys in an instant.

    Now, shut up and help me find my tinfoil hat.

  7. Re:They're really going to hate it when... by Verteiron · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, in that case, the USA will ship you off to some country where torture is legal, and CIA operatives will proceed to beat the secrets out of you. Now THAT'S brute force...

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  8. Re:With or without specific charges? by lawpoop · · Score: 4, Funny

    You are writing the above as a pubic hair wig?

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  9. Don't use one time pads by Catamaran · · Score: 4, Funny

    You could be locked up forever!

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