Letwin wants increased penalties for refusal to decrypt

[iriXx]

hi,

> Furthermore:
> where will be the difference between
> a) someone who is owning pedophilia material
> b) someone who is "likely to be owning" pedophilia material but fails t=
o
> decrypt files on his hard-disc supposed to be pedophilia material?
>
> So forgetting your passphrase will be equal to owning pedophilia materi=
al?

nope they're not silly questions at all...  i believe the story is that t=
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was going to be the case until FIPR (www.fipr.org) successfully lobbied=20
against it - on the grounds that you would be guilty until presumed innoc=
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(which, lets face it, most of this law is anyhow....!)

what worries me is how open to abuse this could be. not just from being=20
accused of 'paedophilia'.... but imagine you're an activist, not all that=
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liked by govt. for your opinions, and someone decides to suspect your har=
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disk has 'terrorist' material....=20

hmm.... nasty scenario....

miriam
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