Ruling on RIPA self-incrimination

Florian Weimer ukcrypto at chiark.greenend.org.uk
Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:32:36 +0200


* PeteM:

> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/10/14/ripa_self_incrimination_ruling/
>
> "RIPA ruling closes encryption key loophole ... The Appeal Court
> judges therefore held that an encryption key =E2=80=93 even one that exis=
ts
> only in the mind of a single defendant =E2=80=93 does have an independent
> existence, and the defendants should hand it over."

By the way, what has happened to a comparable requirement in the
Insolvency Act 1986?