NCA decryption refused An application to force accused hacker Lauri Love to provide his decryption keys to the National Crime Agency has been declined in court. The decision was handed down in Westminster Magistrates' Court a few minutes ago. The Register's analysis is to follow. ® Man shouting the news from a rolled up newspaper
Well short of beating it out of him, I'm not sure how they could "force" him to give up the keys anyway.
It's noticeable they didn't use RIPA either, which already has a 2-year jail term for failing to hand over encryption keys.
What they were effectively trying to do was to enable the law enforcement body to scrutinize his private data without evidence of wrongdoing.
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