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How Long to Crack an 'Encrypted' HD?

brainburger asks: "In the UK, Tony Blair has recently lost a parliametary vote to allow the police to hold terrorist suspects for 90 days without trial. One of the justifications the police gave for the extension from 14 days to 90 days was that they need the extra 76 days to decrypt the computer hard-drives of suspects. This has been seen by some as the only compelling reason to allow 90 days. The time-limit has been extended to 28 days instead, but Tony Blair insists 90 days is required. Are there really any encryption systems that cannot be cracked in 28 days, but which can be cracked in 90? Aside from the not-much-discussed issue that the police can no longer interrogate a suspect after they are charged, I suspect the police meant unencrypted machines. What do you think?"

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  1. You idiot. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    This is an "Ask Slahsdot" article. Not a YROL article.

  2. Re:Dupe!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    And I smell penguin anus. Flashy name, asshat. Quit posting here, and school children might quit killing themselves over your flaming insight.

    You are and will always be known as the reject sperm donor of society. You may get your $15 for pulling one off, but the staff at the clinic always laughs at you when they throw you retarded chromosones into the toilet.

    Do the world a favor and shut the fuck up. Noone wants to hear what you have to say. Noone wants to understand you.

    The personality of a toilet turd has more appeal to the general populace than the butt kissing attempts you give towards acceptance. Everyone hates you, your ideas, your words and anything that happens to manifest from these. The smell of cow flatuance is more appealing than your so called wisdom.

    Please check into a Motel 6, plug in your vibator, and jump into a full bathtub with your pocket rocket in hand. It may cost us taxpayers to clean up the mess, but it will be a lesser cost to society when you are gone.

    As a side note, you mother was a man. You were adopted. And your "parents" love you much less than their real child. The only reason they took you was becuase they thought they were infertile.

  3. Re:Are they insane?! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I heard that they hate freedom.

  4. Re:Why MOD down? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I think it's because Slashdot allows Darwin Award runners-up to moderate.

  5. Re:Before you answer by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    "Intellegent authorities" is an oxymoron with the emphasis on MORON. Tony Blair is a toady to George "the moron" Bush. The British ought to take him out and Flog him until he spits on George.

  6. Re:Pardon the obvious... by supabeast! · · Score: 1, Troll

    "A man is (supposed to be) innocent until proven guilty."

    Not outside of the USA. And even the USA only applies that one to citizens.

  7. Re:Before you answer by SeanJones · · Score: 0, Troll
    Mate, I think you may be losing it here. Ask for an Amnesty International membership for Christmas. The UK (Freedom House rating: Free) is not, on any rational analysis, the closest democtaic state to a Police State. Take two of the places I have sent many an Amnesty International letter to: Turkey (Freedom house rating: Partly Free) or Russia (Freedom House Rating: Not Free). Bear in mind that the latter has a former head of the KGB in charge. Heck, even the US had a former CIA man as President in living memory.

    As to locking people up without trial for 3 months; this is utterly commonplace. It is called "remand". It is hard to get a criminal trial of anything beyond trivial complexity on in three months even if the lists permitted. The problem is locking people up without charge for three months.

    Fawn IS a weird colour for a suit.