Re:I'm giving up on PGP
by pc86 on Tuesday December 06, 2016 @02:02PM
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Statute of limitations isn't a blank slate that means if you can get away with something for n years you're off scott free.
I'm not googling this type of query at work, but typically as more information about a crime becomes available to law enforcement, the statute of limitations is reset. So if you're buying something illicit and securing communications with PGP, and the SOL is 5 years, if LE doesn't get the contents of that communication for 4 years, they still have 5 years to decide what to do with it.
All SOL means is that LE can't sit on incriminating information about you indefinitely and pursue charges decades in the future for minor crimes.
I'm not googling this type of query at work, but typically as more information about a crime becomes available to law enforcement, the statute of limitations is reset. So if you're buying something illicit and securing communications with PGP, and the SOL is 5 years, if LE doesn't get the contents of that communication for 4 years, they still have 5 years to decide what to do with it.
All SOL means is that LE can't sit on incriminating information about you indefinitely and pursue charges decades in the future for minor crimes.