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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:Just Awesome by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Britan. Lolz. Irony.

  2. another thing about crusading against muslims by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    the population (in the billions) has never been defeated despite repeated attacks by all of the world's empires for centuries. that's the kind of 'war' we need? one that will not end as long as we're still in 'business'.

  3. Re:right to not incriminate yourself? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    We're working on it. Something about mandatory health insurance?

  4. Re:Only 16 weeks? by pclminion · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Nah. You're just "obstructing justice."