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This will probably get you into trouble in the US, too, which is why I make sure all my filesystems are encrypted. That's exactly what happened to this guy and he got off: http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9970660-7.html I don't doubt that there's a sizable chance of getting convicted anyway, but I really hope it's not "probable".
The encryption ensures that you avoid charges in the first place. My imagined dialogue: "We're here to seize your hard drive to see if you are doing anything illegal." "OK." "Damn, it's encrypted, tell us your password." "I refuse to testify against myself." "Uh, you have to." "I forgot the password." "Fuck." The fishing expedition then ends fairly quickly. (If you really are distributing child porn, though, they wil…
Re: Security vulnerabilities found in China's nationwide installed filter software
#11Or you could create a hidden volume inside of a hidden volume. Supposedly Truecrypt's data looks random, so if you are forced to decrypt one volume, they wouldn't be able to prove there was another volume.
http://www.truecrypt.org/docs/?s=plausible-deniability