Re:Apple takes UK to court over 'backdoor' order
by cortic on Thursday March 06, 2025 @05:58AM
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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.
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Re:Apple takes UK to court over 'backdoor' order
by oxcidized on Thursday March 06, 2025 @10:28AM
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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
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Double jeopardy was abolished in England and Wales almost twenty years ago: