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Originally Posted by Qtx
Oh that can't be forced by law. The have a think about encryption keys being handed over to unlock files but wouldn't help them with a VPN, Kinda no point for some, especially if you further route TOR through that original encrypted VPN connection. Few machines with different gateways and you can have layers of encrypted that the NSA won't casually scrape up
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Yes it can. What do you think VPNs are encrypted with, if not encryption keys? RIPA specifically covers "electronic data protected by encryption etc.", it makes no reference to "files" and couldn't care less whether that data was sent over a SATA cable to your hard drive or an ethernet cable to your modem. Encrypted data = encrypted data.
There may be no point in trying but the law doesn't have to make sense. The fact that they can force you to hand over encryption keys at all - despite even most power users not having the faintest clue what the actual key is - is quite preposterous in itself yet that's what RIPA does. Hell, even if you legitimately didn't know it, the fact that you refuse to disclose it could be treated as criminal.
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Originally Posted by ferretuk
The relevant law being what exactly? Not saying you're wrong of course but without a reference it looks like meaningless scaremongering...  |
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/23/contents