English 19-year-old jailed for refusal to disclose decryption key

[Arshad Noor]

On 10/06/2010 03:55 PM, Joss Wright wrote:
>
> The .. Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act of 2000 (RIPA), ..
> allows for a maximum sentence of two years for refusing a
> request that encrypted data be "put into an intelligible form".
>

Five years, if a national security or child indecency case.

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/23/section/53

Arshad Noor
StrongAuth, Inc.

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