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Re:UK Home Secretary says encryption on messaging services i... by pjc50 on Sunday March 26, 2017 @03:43PM (#13962746)
> People who will want to conceal contents of their messages could still send them encrypted via WhatsApp or other platform

Even if posession of encrypted messages without the ability to decrypt carries a 10 year prison sentence?

(Yes, this has serious enforceability problems, but that doesn't mean it can't become law)

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Re:UK Home Secretary says encryption on messaging services i... by clubm8 on Sunday March 26, 2017 @08:10PM (#13964182)
How will you prove what I possess is encrypted data and not random bits?
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Re:UK Home Secretary says encryption on messaging services i... by pjc50 on Monday March 27, 2017 @04:56AM (#13966100)
No, how will you prove that it's random data and not encrypted data? What if you're ordered to provide a password to decrypt it or go to jail?

https://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2017/02/justice-naps-m...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25745989

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Re:UK Home Secretary says encryption on messaging services i... by framp on Monday March 27, 2017 @09:12AM (#13967390)
Deniable encryption

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-540-77566-...

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Re:UK Home Secretary says encryption on messaging services i... by clubm8 on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @04:19PM (#13980285)
It's up to the prosecution to prove their case against me, not vice versa. (At least in the USA.)
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Re:UK Home Secretary says encryption on messaging services i... by tscs37 on Monday March 27, 2017 @08:57AM (#13967276)
If you have a suicide-bomber, I doubt they will care much about the 10 year prison sentence.

The "Terrorists" really don't care about the law or the prison sentence behind breaking it.

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