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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 Grishnakh · · Score: 1, Troll

    We Americans have elections too, but it's only resulted in having a government far more corrupt than China's, a country where there are no elections.

    As for the Queen and public dole, my understanding is that the Royal Family's finances are completely separate from the government's, and they receive no taxpayer money. That's why they've been selling off their properties and artwork, and turning their remaining properties into tourist traps. I have to agree on the House of Lords, however; that's just plain stupid. We've tried government-by-birthright here in the USA too, and it didn't work at all (GWB).