Re: [funsec] Computing student jailed after failing to hand over crypto keys

2014-07-09 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 10:03 PM, Blanchard, Michael (InfoSec) wrote: > So, just for debate... > > The 5th protects us from handing over passwords. So they ask for decrypted > data to be handed over. >Wouldn't that be a 5th amendment violation as well? > > If police raid my house with a w

Re: [funsec] Computing student jailed after failing to hand over crypto keys

2014-07-09 Thread Blanchard, Michael (InfoSec)
So, just for debate... The 5th protects us from handing over passwords. So they ask for decrypted data to be handed over. Wouldn't that be a 5th amendment violation as well? If police raid my house with a warrant, I do not have to do a thing other than let them search and find what they

[funsec] Computing student jailed after failing to hand over crypto keys

2014-07-09 Thread Jeffrey Walton
Sledgehammer once again used to crack a nut http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/07/08/christopher_wilson_students_refusal_to_give_up_crypto_keys_jail_sentence_ripa/ A computer science student accused of hacking offences has been jailed for six months for failing to hand over his encryption password