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High Court smacks down 'emergency' UK spy bill as UNLAWFUL

king_tut

Yep - under RIPA Part III

A couple of examples from a quick Google:

- http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/24/ripa_jfl/

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

In both cases I think there wasn't any doubt they had the passwords. I'm not aware of any cases where there was doubt whether the person _could_ unlock the files, or where that was a plausible defence.

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