UK Government Can Demand You Hand Over Encryption Keys

iminplaya writes "The UK government can now demand that citizens hand over their data encryption keys - or face jailtime for obstructing justice. The law only applies to data on UK shores, and doesn't cover information transmitted via UK servers across the internet. 'The law also allows authorities to compel individuals targeted in such investigation to keep silent about their role in decrypting data ... The Home Office has steadfastly proclaimed that the law is aimed at catching terrorists, pedophiles, and hardened criminals--all parties which the UK government contends are rather adept at using encryption to cover up their activities.'"

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Just do what the USA administration does

[svendsen]

Claim you:

1. Can not recall your key
2. You have no recollection of ever setting up encryption
3. By them asking for the keys they are letting the terrorists win
4. Give them the key after you have declassified it (aka all black lines)

Plausable Deniability with True Crypt

[bananaendian]

The solution: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plausable_deniability

Implementation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_crypt Have a nice day..