Don't want to incriminate yourself? Tough luck, you terrorist
The Government Reviewer of Terrorism Laws has declared that safeguards protecting Britons from police workers demanding passwords for their devices must be watered down.
In a speech delivered to conservative think tank the Henry Jackson Society yesterday, Jonathan Hall QC, the "Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation"* said section 49 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) 2000 is too "difficult" for police and others to work with.
Section 49 of RIPA is the part of UK law that lets police and others legally order suspects to hand over passwords for encrypted information.
There are two safeguards: one is subsection (3), which says the state can only demand your password if it is "in the interests of national security", for "preventing or detecting crime" ..
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