Feds seized $2.9M from Mt. Gox, court docs show

Re:Feds seized $2.9M from Mt. Gox, court docs show by CoreSet on Monday August 19, 2013 @09:25PM (#6241082)

So basically: "we can't find your money so you're going to jail unless you find it for us?"

I was talking to a friend about encryption the other day and that was his salient point. Unbreakable key? Break it or go to jail.

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Re:Feds seized $2.9M from Mt. Gox, court docs show by qq66 on Monday August 19, 2013 @10:10PM (#6241265)

"Break it or go to jail" is already established law that pre-dates computers ("open this combination safe or go to jail"), but courts have generally held that this law also applies to encryption keys.

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Re:Feds seized $2.9M from Mt. Gox, court docs show by derekp7 on Tuesday August 20, 2013 @02:12PM (#6245474)

And if the contents of the safe are written in code, or some made up language that the courts don't understand, can they compel you to translate them?

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Re:Feds seized $2.9M from Mt. Gox, court docs show by qq66 on Tuesday August 20, 2013 @02:43PM (#6245713)

Yes, they can. This has also been true for hundreds of years.

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Re:Feds seized $2.9M from Mt. Gox, court docs show by lucb1e on Monday August 19, 2013 @09:47PM (#6241182)

Physical security is an integral part of information security. But if governments start doing things like that, what kind of country are we living in?

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Re:Feds seized $2.9M from Mt. Gox, court docs show by anewthrowaww on Monday August 19, 2013 @10:16PM (#6241286)

USA and UK are already doing it:

[1] http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-57364330-281/judge-america...

[2] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-11479831

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Re:Feds seized $2.9M from Mt. Gox, court docs show by Lazare on Monday August 19, 2013 @11:41PM (#6241581)

As always, relevant XKCD: http://xkcd.com/538/

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