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Comment by traceroute66

4 months ago

> the wrench treatment is extremely unlikely in most democracies

If you prefer ... substitute "wrench treatment" for the democratic wording: "jail time and the associated criminal prosecution process"

Where has this happened? For using encryption? Or what are we talking about here?

  • > what are we talking about here?

    We're talking about "if the government turns up asking for your decryption keys, ...".

    > Where has this happened?

    Pretty much everywhere. Even in the US you can only avoid it if you're careful; if you admit to knowing the keys then you can't. Either way you're dealing with the "criminal prosecution process" as GP pointed out.