Re: And all completely irrelevant to us right-pondians...
I've always wondered what would happen in the following theoretical situation:
I have an encrypted file with loads of important stuff in - important enough for me to want to secure it heavily.
To secure it, I type a fairly long passphrase. I then call my friend in another country and ask them to remote to my machine and then type their long passphrase on the end of mine. The file is encrypted.
For whatever reason, plod decides that they want the contents of that file. They arrest me, and I type in my half of the key. I then inform them that the rest of it is unknown to me and give them the details of my friend, who promptly refuses to divulge the key.
Being in another country, plod doesn't have jurisdiction to force my friend to give their portion.
Would they still (legally) be able to lock me up, as I have given them the password as far as I know?
Biting the hand that feeds IT
