On 2025-10-05, Andrew M.A. Cater <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Oct 05, 2025 at 03:16:54PM -0000, Greg wrote: >> On 2025-10-05, Henrik Ahlgren <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Andy Smith <[email protected]> writes: >> > >> >> It won't help you against your government who will just compel you by >> >> law to give up your passphrase. If your data's worth the prison time, >> >> you're already in a threat category beyond what we can advise you on. >> > >> > This may be true in your location, but it is not the case in my home >> > country, which has robust legal protections against self-incrimination. >> > However, nothing prevents law enforcement from brute-forcing the >> > passphrase, a method at which they are often successful. >> > >> >> The case law for biometric unlock in Germany is not so cut and dry. >> >> But you're right to call out Andy for believing everyone is a Brit. >> > > I don't believe everyone is a Brit :) I suspect that if ever you get > the local equivalent of FBI/DHS/NSA or terrorist police calling at your > door all bets may be off. That's true for most countries in the world > even if there are local legal protections. > > Maybe you picked the wrong Andy - I think you're quoting me :)
You're not Andy Smith (see above), and I wasn't referring to you. > All the very best, as ever, > > Andrew Cater > ([email protected]) > >> :-) >> > >
