UK Appeals Court Rejects Encryption Key Disclosure Defense

Oct 15, 2008, 15:03 (3 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Jeremy Kirk)

"The case marked an interesting challenge to the UK's Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA), which in part compels someone served under the act to divulge an encryption key used to scramble data on a PC's hard drive."

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