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French publisher arrested in London for refusal to tell police his passcodes

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Re: French publisher arrested in London for refusal to tell police his passcodes

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post #8

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.

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

#13
post #8

Earlier 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.

Give it time. One day people will be arrested at borders for "suspicion that they are travelling with a decoy phone".

Re: French publisher arrested in London for refusal to tell police his passcodes

#14
post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> 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.

I wonder if Berlin's society is already atrophying in this department.

Re: French publisher arrested in London for refusal to tell police his passcodes

#15

This 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.

Re: French publisher arrested in London for refusal to tell police his passcodes

#16

What the fuck. Nobody gets my passwords. I’m not unlocking shit for anyone. Looks like UK is on the hard avoid list.

It's not like Americans never get arrested or even jailed for remaining silent, despite it being protected by the fifth amendment.

The US and UK are more similar than they are different.

Re: French publisher arrested in London for refusal to tell police his passcodes

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post #15

This 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.

Not a foolproof method I would trust if I had something to hide from the police.

Re: French publisher arrested in London for refusal to tell police his passcodes

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post #2

The 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?

They're probably treating it the same as refusing to open a safe given a valid warrant; the rights against self-incrimination do not extend to protecting the contents of your safe, drawers, private letters, etc, and also to the contents of your smartphone.

Re: French publisher arrested in London for refusal to tell police his passcodes

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post #8

Earlier 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.

Yeppppp

https://www.aclu.org/other/constitution-100-mile-border-zone

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