Quote:
Man jailed over computer password refusal
A teenager has been jailed for 16 weeks after he refused to give police
the password to his computer.
Oliver Drage, 19, of Liverpool, was arrested in May 2009 by police
tackling child sexual exploitation.
Police seized his computer but could not access material on it as it had a
50-character encryption password.
Drage was convicted of failing to disclose an encryption key in September.
He was sentenced at Preston Crown Court on Monday.
Drage, was arrested when he was living in Freckleton, Lancashire, but
later moved to Liverpool.
He was formally asked to disclose his password but failed to do so, which
is an offence under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000,
police said.
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If he had disclosed the password. I think he may have got a lot longer than 16 weeks. depending on what they found.
how do they know it's a 50 character password?
and if you think about it. unless you disclose your password to personal/private material on your computer. they can only assume the worst. and you not disclosing it so that they can read and view it is a criminal offence.
who makes these laws?
I think the lesson here is. if you have anything on your computer that will get you locked up for a long time. refuse to give them the password. you'll get a lot less longer sentence.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-11479831