Post: Proof of encryption?
Proof of encryption? →
Posted Tuesday 14th October 2008 11:31 GMT
In RIPA ruling closes encryption key loophole
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.
