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Re:Apple takes UK to court over 'backdoor' order by cortic on Thursday March 06, 2025 @05:58AM (#43278700)
When you are released from prison, they can simple ask you to decrypt the data again, and if you refuse or can't, you have broken a law with another 2 years in prison (5 if they think you could have anything to do with 'terrorism').. Its theoretically an infinite prison sentence for forgetting your passwords.
Re:Apple takes UK to court over 'backdoor' order by oxcidized on Thursday March 06, 2025 @10:28AM (#43281334)
I believe double-jeopardy laws wouldn't allow this, but I could be wrong.
Re:Apple takes UK to court over 'backdoor' order by ninalanyon on Thursday March 06, 2025 @01:54PM (#43283797)
Double jeopardy was abolished in England and Wales almost twenty years ago:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4406129.stm