Legal compulsion and self-incriminating passphrase

[Paul Ashton]

cb@fipr.org said:
> The key which protects your private keyring is generated 
> each time from a hash of the passphrase. The passphrase is not saved or
> stored anywhere permanently. Therefore each time I type in the passphrase, I
> make the confession anew. Therefore if asked to divulge the passphrase, I
> would be compelled to incriminate myself.

Solution for Mr. Plod: "ok, don't tell us the passphrase then,
give us the hash"

Paul