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James

Proof of encryption? 

In RIPA ruling closes encryption key loophole

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How exactly can they prove something is encrypted? Encrypted data looks exactly like random data. It would seem trivial to generate a large file of random data, drop it on someone's PC and when the non-existent key is demanded they get in hot water under RIPA. Similarly there is no way to prove that a person knows the key and is willfully withholding it.

Pity this is the UK where justice no longer lives, only stupidity.

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