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[Land of the free] Judge rules you can be jailed for 18 months for failure to decrypt. a hard drive (after 4 years in prison) (arstechnica.com)
posted 2 years ago by BidenIsAGroomer 2 years ago by BidenIsAGroomer +76 / -0
Man who refused to decrypt hard drives is free after four years in jail
Court holds that jail time to force decryption can't last more than 18 months.
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– DefinitelyNotIGN 9 points 2 years ago +9 / -0

Well... I hate to say it, but I forget my work password after a two week vacation and sometimes need IT to reset it. I've forgotten my username at work when I had a month where I had access to a device that remembered it for me... And like 90% of that username is just my own name.

Four years in prison without using an encryption password? Shit, I'd have a 10% chance of remembering it, at best.

The guy in question in the story's a scumbag, but this sets a very poor precedent.

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– Vivs3rdSock 8 points 2 years ago +8 / -0

Well... I hate to say it, but I forget my work password after a two week vacation and sometimes need IT to reset it. I've forgotten my username at work when I had a month where I had access to a device that remembered it for me... And like 90% of that username is just my own name.

If my browser forgets my login details to this site I will need to make a new account, because not only do I not have any fucking clue what my password is, I don't even know what email I used when signing up.

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