[CoreSet]

So basically: "we can't find your money so you're going to jail unless you find it for us?"

I was talking to a friend about encryption the other day and that was his salient point. Unbreakable key? Break it or go to jail.

[qq66]

"Break it or go to jail" is already established law that pre-dates computers ("open this combination safe or go to jail"), but courts have generally held that this law also applies to encryption keys.

[derekp7]

And if the contents of the safe are written in code, or some made up language that the courts don't understand, can they compel you to translate them?

[qq66]

Yes, they can. This has also been true for hundreds of years.

[lucb1e]

Physical security is an integral part of information security. But if governments start doing things like that, what kind of country are we living in?

[anewthrowaww]

USA and UK are already doing it:

[1] http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-57364330-281/judge-america...

[2] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-11479831

[Lazare]

As always, relevant XKCD: http://xkcd.com/538/