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British Teen Jailed Over Encryption Password

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the yeah-good-luck-with-that dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Oliver Drage, 19, of Liverpool has been convicted of 'failing to disclose an encryption key,' which is an offense under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 and as a result has been jailed for 16 weeks. Police seized his computer but could not get past the 50-character encrypted password that he refused to give up. And just to get it out of the way, obligatory XKCD."

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  1. Re:Also as a practical matter by Curunir_wolf · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    And of course, the American people collectively took it up the ass during the 8 years he was there.

    Not that any of that has changed much... maybe now they're getting a reach-around?

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