[dane-pgp]

If they don't understand game theory, that just means they will act sub-optimally. In any case, the correct strategy for the user is still to not decrypt any partitions, since, as you say, the sooner the user stops decrypting, the sooner the torturers give up.

[r-w]

I don't think either of has met someone who engages in actual torture, but I imagine they rarely, if ever, “give up”.