Well, I know there's nothing illegal
on my laptop, but if the police busted me I would refuse to give them my password out of sheer bloodymindedness, because I'm innocent and they're wrong. Mind you, I suspect they would find mine considerably more easy to crack, what with it not being a 50 character encryption key.
(berk, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 11:46, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

And it being "Password1"

(PsychoChomp, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 11:47, Reply)

You'd willingly break the law?
You might not agree with it, but it's still a law.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 11:48, Reply)

It's a fucking appalling law.
I'd probably break it.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 11:49, Reply)

I agree with you, I don't like the law
But it's still a law. Either work to get it overturned, or shut up and conform ;)
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 11:51, Reply)

I don't think I would. I might be really pissed off that they had invaded my privacy like that
but I still think an innocent person's privacy invasion is worth the hundreds of convictions they get for people actually doing wrong.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 11:52, Reply)

Slippery slope.

(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 11:56, Reply)

yeah I agree with that
there's a fine line between justice and abusing police power. I guess I've never been on the wrong side of it though.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 12:09, Reply)

No, that is totally the wrong attitude
If you start of saying it's okay to trample a right occasionally as long as it's for "The greater good" you lose all rights.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 11:56, Reply)

well no, like Wookiee said, it's a slippery slope
I don't think you should give up all rights, especially the ones to do with your physical safety and wellbeing, but in this case I think he was silly not to give up his password.

And please don't tell me my attitude is 'totally wrong' because you disagree with it.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 12:11, Reply)

how about a "that's how the Nazis started" ?

( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 12:25, Reply)

He's right - you are wrong.
The fact he has a 50 character encryption shows he's up to something dodgy. He's clearly either a pervert or a scammer.

However, the police have to prove wrongdoing and do not have the right to expect someone to incriminate themselves. It's the same as the right to silence. People have the right to make the police prove something against them.

I know that this means the odd person will get off scot-free when they're guilty (like me, last time I got nicked. I went no comment, and they had nothing substantial enough to lay a charge) but if you remove this right, the police can apply pressure, and fit people up as used to happen.

This guy will get what's coming to him, if he's guilty. I know it's 50 characters, but it's breakable. He'll not get his machine back, and he will eventually be busted. Crooks that are persistent get caught.

Better ten guilty go free than one innocent gets convicted.
( disasterprone "Pyjamas caused the Holocaust", Wed 6 Oct 2010, 13:14, Reply)

Meh there's no need.
You can get encryption software that has dual partitions and two passwords. 1 nice and legal 1 running a criminal empire.
Give the legal one to the police and your criminal records just look like disk fragments.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 11:52, Reply)

Exactly

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 11:57, Reply)