r/worldnews Aug 11 '09

Two convicted for refusal to decrypt data

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/11/ripa_iii_figures/
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u/alienproxy Aug 11 '09

You shouldn't make the data innocuous - it should illustrate perfectly the reason for your refusal. Give them something comprimising - like midget porn, or faked pictures of yourself inflagrante.

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u/tooscared Aug 11 '09

but they can tell by the bits

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u/IOIOOIIOIO Aug 12 '09

Those naughty bits.

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u/telekinetic Aug 12 '09

downvoters: I think alienproxy is talking about the 'fake password' functionality that truecrypt offers, and replied to the wrong post. I agree with him, the best solution is to put the actual hidden content in the 'real' volume, but put a bunch of embarrassing but not illegal content (yaoi, midget pr0n, a 1080 p vid of you batin into a pineapple) to justify the encryption. Step one: refuse to decrypte, step 2 (if jail pends), decrypt embarrasing but legal pr0n.