UK Law Enforcement Trying To Force Man They've Never Charged With A Crime To Decrypt His Computers
Found on Techdirt on Thursday, 31 March 2016
The only charges Love is facing have been levied by the US Department of Justice. He has fought extradition for the past couple of years and the UK government has yet to make any progress on that front. However, UK law enforcement has stepped up its efforts to force Love to turn over passwords and keys.
"The problem is that the NCA are effectively arguing that any information that cannot be read and comprehended by the police has a presumption of guilt," Love told Ars in an e-mailed statement.
It must be pointed out again -- the NCA wants to force the uncharged Love to crack open his devices so it can find something to charge him with.
That's basically what many politicians and law enforcement has always said: if you have done nothing wrong, you don't have to protect your data; but in their twisted minds that also means that if you use e.g. encryption, you are hiding something illegal.