Re:The 'brushing' scam that's behind mystery parcels
by eru on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @09:48PM
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> But that isn't how the real world works. Who here doesn't have any previous contact with amazon? What if the package contains something very illegal (drugs etc) and the police are watching it?
That reminds me of a similar scenario: a few years ago the UK enacted a new law (or was about to?) that forced people to decrypt any data they had if the courts asked them to. Burden of proof that they don't have the cryptographic keys was on the person in possession of that data.
So some people who were against this law considered sending some hard disk that might or might not contain encrypted child porn and similar nasties on hard disks to the relevant ministers addresses, report them for possession of dangerous data to the police, and then wish them good luck proving they don't have the keys. (Or, more likely: walking back on the law.)
That reminds me of a similar scenario: a few years ago the UK enacted a new law (or was about to?) that forced people to decrypt any data they had if the courts asked them to. Burden of proof that they don't have the cryptographic keys was on the person in possession of that data.
So some people who were against this law considered sending some hard disk that might or might not contain encrypted child porn and similar nasties on hard disks to the relevant ministers addresses, report them for possession of dangerous data to the police, and then wish them good luck proving they don't have the keys. (Or, more likely: walking back on the law.)