Encryption Saves Peeping Tom From Jail

[exfileme]

A peeping tom escapes long-term jail time thanks to data encryption.

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[mlcloud]

Truecrypt. Good stuff, although it prevents guys like these from serving their due time under law.

 

[virtualban]

Since when schizophrenic people are less dangerous than peeping toms?

 

[LePhuronn]

It's just perfect his name is Wyllie (assuming the y is pronounced as an I of course)

 

[waxdart]

In the UK he would have been banged up for not handing over the keys!

 

[xaira]

have you ever met a paranoid person, this is a prime example, if the world is out to get you, you try to find out what the world is up to, its not like the cameras were in the bathrooms alone, remember "Mad Money" the bathroom is the perfect place to conspire, the dude is not a perv, more power to him.

 

[zmanz]

Keyword: defense attorney. Lawyers are too screwed up to realize what is right and what is wrong, thus being an enabler to dangerous people such as this Wyllie (whose name I chuckled at.)

 

[Guest]

I'm going to encrypt everything from now on ,just to be safe.

 

[d_kuhn]

[citation][nom]LePhuronn[/nom]It's just perfect his name is Wyllie (assuming the y is pronounced as an I of course)[/citation]

"Super Genius"

 

[bill gates is your daddy]

[citation][nom]mil22as[/nom]I'm going to encrypt everything from now on ,just to be safe.[/citation]

Encryption was only part of it. The real thing that saved this guy is that the cameras were NOT connected to the pc when they found it. If they would have found the cameras connected then they would have probably charged him no matter what, encryption or not. With no connections to the camera, the prosecution would have a hard time proving that the perv was using the hardware to record anything...even though common sense would tell you he has terabytes of showering and pooping videos.

 

[Ciuy]

yeah, thats how i escaped justice to. My gun was not loaded . and not in my holster.

 

[zak_mckraken]

Wall-eye... hehe...

 

[doomtomb]

How can you trust a man named Rohan James "Wyllie"

 

[jellico]

[citation][nom]waxdart[/nom]In the UK he would have been banged up for not handing over the keys![/citation]
If you're savvy enough to encrypt your harddrive, then I suspect a criminal in the UK would simply use Truecrypt's hidden encrypted volume feature. That way, he could give the police one key, after putting on a good show of refusing to comply, and they would still have nothing to charge him with.

In the U.S., they are still debating the legality of trying to force someone to give up an encryption passphrase. The 5th Amendment of our Constitution provides, among other things, protection against self-incrimination. Defense attorneys have taken the position that the contents of someones own mind, to include encryption passphrases, are thus protected. While I hate to see criminals get away with things. From a privacy standpoint, I believe this is a correct interpretation of the law.

 

[Guest]

@Jellico

I agree, however I take it one step further. I don't even know my own passwords, so even if I was beaten/given some type of truth syrum I still couldn't tell them anything. How is this done? ...maybe I shouldn't say
P.S. my passphrases are about 31 characters long

 

[ssalim]

The police? They are doing the decrypt? wow that's not right lol... you need a hacker instead.

 

[ominous prime]

lol true crypt is some really amazing tech. And it would take a super computer to crack the encryption, and the AUS police don't have much access to those for these lesser crimes.

 

[CoryInJapan]

[citation][nom]Ominous Prime[/nom]lol true crypt is some really amazing tech. And it would take a super computer to crack the encryption, and the AUS police don't have much access to those for these lesser crimes.[/citation]
I was thinking the same thing too...What do those little piggy's know about Hacking into files.Sucks the dude go off Scott free though

 

[smokinu]

[citation][nom]andesdhdfbdf[/nom]@JellicoI agree, however I take it one step further. I don't even know my own passwords, so even if I was beaten/given some type of truth syrum I still couldn't tell them anything. How is this done? ...maybe I shouldn't say P.S. my passphrases are about 31 characters long[/citation]

The problem with this is if you dont even know your own passphrase then you must have it written down somewhere So either way the phrase is still available if the proper buttons are pushed.

 

[obsidian86]

there is something new coming i dunno exact details but its said to encrypt any data 24/7 365 to infinity even with power off it just starts up where it left off