50 characters ? (was RE: Man jailed over computer password refusal

Caspar Bowden (travelling private e-mail) tharg at gmx.net
Sat Oct 9 03:14:45 BST 2010


I wonder how it was known that the password was 50 characters (or if this is
standard press release garbling)?

CB

-----Original Message-----
From: ukcrypto-bounces at chiark.greenend.org.uk
[mailto:ukcrypto-bounces at chiark.greenend.org.uk] On Behalf Of Roland Perry
Sent: 06 October 2010 10:46
To: ukcrypto at chiark.greenend.org.uk
Subject: Man jailed over computer password refusal

        A teenager has been jailed for 16 weeks after he refused to give
        police the password to his computer...Drage was convicted of
        failing to disclose an encryption key...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-11479831
-- 
Roland Perry




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