European Union dedicated questionnaire on the Encryption of Data

Re:European Union dedicated questionnaire on the Encryption ... by dTal on Sunday November 27, 2016 @01:37PM (#13050580)

As I understand it, in the US at least this is indeed the line. Same goes for combination vs keyed locks: you can't be forced to self-incriminate by sharing information, but you can be held in contempt for withholding evidence.

I imagine it gets murky around things like SSH keys, which are technically a kind of password, but too big for a human to remember - and therefore must be "instantiated" in a physical device somewhere.

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Re:European Union dedicated questionnaire on the Encryption ... by semi-extrinsic on Sunday November 27, 2016 @02:03PM (#13050738)

> I imagine it gets murky around things like SSH keys, which are technically a kind of password, but too big for a human to remember - and therefore must be "instantiated" in a physical device somewhere.

A likely interpretation might be: an SSH key without a keyphrase is like a physical key, and you must hand it over, while a key with a keyphrase is like a combination lock, where you must hand it over but you are not required to state the keyphrase.

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Re:European Union dedicated questionnaire on the Encryption ... by pyromine on Sunday November 27, 2016 @02:10PM (#13050787)

Simple password that you can remember encrypting your SSH key, know they can't compel you to give the password unlocking the key.

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