Hi, i know that there's a RIPA act in UK, but some laws are illegal, e. g. the Nuremberg Laws, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_Laws, and they doe not affect the international laws and do not impress international courts like the European Court of Justice, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Court_of_Justice.
And you don't need to forget the password; it's enough to mistake the password, you have been asked for, with others - nobody is perfect ;-) Greets ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > On 28.01.2008 at 20:10 Matthew MacGregor wrote: > > > I have no knowledge of the fact, but is there not some provision in > > the laws of any countries with these crypto laws to deal with the, > > "I forgot" defense. Because I can see every single person being > > asked for their passphrase to use this defense. Hell, I know I > > would... > > Well, the British government passed a law last year threatening 5 > years of jail if you do not disclose your keys/passphrases to unlock > these [0]. One could argue that by "forgetting" your passphrase you > actually fail to disclose it. On the other hand an US court recently > ruled that your password acually is protected by the 5th amendment > [1], but I believe the US govt is challenging this decision. Anyways > -- if you decide to "forget" your passphrase, I'd guess that you're at > least in danger of being held in contempt of court (but IANAL, > obviously). > > Greetings, > > > Niels > > [0] http://www.heise-security.co.uk/news/96850 > [1] http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/15/1459243 > >
