In UK, Two Convicted of Refusing To Decrypt Data

ACKyushu clues us to recent news out of the UK, where two people have been successfully prosecuted for refusing to provide authorities with their encryption keys, resulting in landmark convictions that may have carried jail sentences of up to five years. There is uncertainty in that the names of the people convicted were not released; and without those names, the Crown Prosecution Service said it was unable to track down details of the cases. "Failure to comply with a section 49 notice carries a sentence of up to two years jail plus fines. Failure to comply during a national security investigation carries up to five years jail. ... Of the 15 individuals served, 11 did not comply with the notices. Of the 11, seven were charged and two convicted. Sir Christopher [Rose, the government's Chief Surveillance Commissioner] did not report whether prosecutions failed or are pending against the five charged but not convicted in the period covered by his report."

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Re:The logic is obvious

[fracai]

There is actually a series problem with animal rights extremists in the UK.

Perhaps they should be tried in parallel? It would certainly speed up the process.

Re:The logic is obvious

[binaryseraph]

If it was animal rights activits, they should have just eaten hamburgers infront of them. That will get the password out quick... Then again, that might also count as torture. "burger-boarding"