On Fri, 23 Apr 2004, John Kelsey wrote: > The obvious problem with multiple levels of passwords and data is: When > does the guy with the rubber hose stop beating passwords out of you? > After he gets one? Yeah, that's plausible, if he's convinced there's > only one. But once he's seen a second hidden level, why will he ever > believe there's not a third, fourth, etc.? The same calculation > applies to a judge or district attorney. He *knows* (even if he's > wrong) that there's evidence of kiddie-porn, drug dealing, etc., in > there somewhere. He knows you've given up two passwords. Why is he > ever going to let you out of jail, or ever going to reduce the charges > down to something a normal human might live long enough to serve out > the time for?
This serves a purpose as well. Why would you ever cooperate if you can't expect much from the deal anyway?
