This comment is ridiculous - I'm not quite sure how it has been moded up to 5. Taking the "reductio ad absurdum" approach is not clever it just smacks of not having a decent argument.
This law is applied in a COURT in which a JUDGE hears arguments from LAWYERS. You hire the latter to argue your case, including the fact that you have forgotten the key (if that was the situation). In such a situation (I bet all), the Police/CPS would be forced to provide evidence that you did in fact remember/know the encryption key - something which they no doubt provided in this case through the bugging of the house.
i.e. No-one will go to jail for forgetting their encryption key. Stop being a moron.
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This comment is ridiculous - I'm not quite sure how it has been moded up to 5. Taking the "reductio ad absurdum" approach is not clever it just smacks of not having a decent argument. This law is applied in a COURT in which a JUDGE hears arguments from LAWYERS. You hire the latter to argue your case, including the fact that you have forgotten the key (if that was the situation). In such a situation (I bet all), the Police/CPS would be forced to provide evidence that you did in fact remember/know the encryption key - something which they no doubt provided in this case through the bugging of the house. i.e. No-one will go to jail for forgetting their encryption key. Stop being a moron.
Apparently 2 minutes after the story was posted...so 452.5 wpm... :)
Sod programming, this guy should work at a call centre.