Author: john Date: To: adam.trickett, Hampshire LUG Discussion List CC: Subject: Re: [Hampshire] [OT]Hand over your crypto key or else
On Wednesday 21 November 2007 09:44:46 Dr Adam J Trickett wrote:
> Ditto, I have keys I can't open myself! Basically the law is framed in
> a way that you are guilty and you have to prove you are not. In theory
> it you could plant an encrypted file on someone and because they claim
> to be unable to unencrypt it, they could go to prison.
>
> I understand why they want these powers, it's like forcing you to open
> a safe you own with a warrant, but physical world and the computer
> world are different and the government/plod's track record of incompetance
> does not bode well...
>
> --
There are crypto programs which use 100 random character passwords (each
character using 250 characters of the ASCII character set). The passwords
are in a file which is encrypted. If the file gets damaged you lose your
passwords.
There is no way you can remember the password. The programs have been
designed this way.
