RIP and children (It's all Ross Anderson's Fault)

[Bill Thompson]

Ian G Batten <I.G.Batten@ftel.co.uk> writes:

> what happens if the encryption
>keys are held by someone who is below the age of criminal responsibility?

to which Peter Gutmann wrote:

>Some nice Social Welfare people come along and remove your child into safe
>custody away from your corrupting influence.  Eight years later your
daughter
>is on the UK equivalent of Oprah telling everyone how she suffered ritual
>satanic sexual abuse by you as a child.

However my 11 year old daughter is reaching the stage where she is
perfectly capable of setting up PGP herself, or of getting herself
a Hushmail account, and of keeping secrets even from me.  Will I go
to gaol if she refuses to hand over her passphrase, just as I can
be fined if she refuses to go to school?

Bill Thompson