What the fuck. Nobody gets my passwords. I’m not unlocking shit for anyone. Looks like UK is on the hard avoid list.
I know, I was thinking of going there next year, not now.
French publisher arrested in London for refusal to tell police his passcodes
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#13Earlier quoted context omitted.
I know, I was thinking of going there next year, not now.
If concerned about privacy/security during international travel, a good option is to get a burner phone. A cheap android phone is peanuts.
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> How is this different than refusing to tell where you've buried the bodies? They can get away with it because it’s on a computer. The voters don’t care, and the MPs by and large don’t understand. Those who do would love the same principle to apply to the body case as well.
That's because the memory of truly oppressive governments in Western Europe has faded. People who don't remember history, are doomed to repeat it.
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#15This is why passcodes are better than biometric auth. It’s easy for an officer to hold the phone up to your face.
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#16What the fuck. Nobody gets my passwords. I’m not unlocking shit for anyone. Looks like UK is on the hard avoid list.
The US and UK are more similar than they are different.
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#17This is why passcodes are better than biometric auth. It’s easy for an officer to hold the phone up to your face.
It’s super easy to disable biometric auth immediately, either explicitly all through repeatedly failing the biometric auth by moving and keeping your eyes shut.
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#18The legal system in the UK recognizes several rights against self-incrimination, but there is a carve-out for the per se crime of failing to disclose a key to encrypted information - punishable by years in prison. How is this different than refusing to tell where you've buried the bodies? Why should the police be permitted to assume you're guilty and in possession of vital information under certain circumstances?
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#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
I know, I was thinking of going there next year, not now.
If concerned about privacy/security during international travel, a good option is to get a burner phone. A cheap android phone is peanuts.
Re: French publisher arrested in London for refusal to tell police his passcodes
#20What the fuck. Nobody gets my passwords. I’m not unlocking shit for anyone. Looks like UK is on the hard avoid list.