In the UK under the RIPA legislation the government have the right to demand an encryption key and under the RIPA you have to hand it over, or prove that you never had the key in the first place.
Failure to prove your innocence can result in an immediate jail term. Additionally once you have been instructed to hand over a key, you are placed under a gag order that prohibits you from telling anyone except your lawyer. the RIPA is an absolute travesty of justice that reverses burden of proof doctrine.
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In the UK under the RIPA legislation the government have the right to demand an encryption key and under the RIPA you have to hand it over, or prove that you never had the key in the first place.
Failure to prove your innocence can result in an immediate jail term. Additionally once you have been instructed to hand over a key, you are placed under a gag order that prohibits you from telling anyone except your lawyer. the RIPA is an absolute travesty of justice that reverses burden of proof doctrine.