On Sun, May 14, 2006 at 02:59:52PM +0100, Dave Page wrote: > On Sun, May 14, 2006 at 03:58:06PM +0200, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote: >> On Sun, May 14, 2006 at 02:32:50PM +0100, Dave Page wrote:
>>> Under the British "Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act", they >>> would simply confiscate the entire machine, demand any >>> authentication tokens required to access it, and lock you up if >>> you refused to surrender them. I believe similar laws exist in >>> most EU jurisdictions now. >> Tony's point was that you could arrange not to have the >> authentication tokens anymore. You better hope they believe you >> when you say you don't have it, though. > Not having the authentication tokens counts as refusing to surrender > them. That's preposterous. What *might* count is wilfully destroying them on suspecting they will ask them. Simply not having them? Won't stand in any reasonable court. Else they could ask *me* for *your* keys. I don't have them. And put me in jail? -- Lionel