News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Man jailed indefinitely for refusing to decrypt hard drives loses appeal. Parent comment

Re:Man jailed indefinitely for refusing to decrypt hard driv... by gscott on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @02:06AM (#13920191)
There was a sex offender who wrote on paper fictional stories of child sex and he was put back into jail for a violation of his parole (for writing it, never shared it).

If you have child pornography the law considers it the same as taking the photo and you can be sued civilly by the victims.

People love it when lawmakers make more laws.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Man jailed indefinitely for refusing to decrypt hard driv... by caf on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @05:21AM (#13920771)
Remember that parolees are still under sentence. There are almost always restrictions on parolees that go beyond those on the general population - that is the whole point of the parole system, you agree to live under sometimes onerous restrictions in return for being allowed out before your sentence is up.
[ Parent | on HN ]