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From: Rowland McDonnell on 4 Aug 2010 05:54 Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > Elliott Roper said: > > > Martin S Taylor <mst(a)hRyEpMnOoVtEiTsHm.cIo.uSk> wrote: > > > >> Elliott Roper wrote > >>>> I've also downloaded GPGFileTool which should let me encrypt freestanding > >>>> files, but doesn't seem to work. Any help, anyone? > >>> > >>> I never found one once I gave up on PGP Corp. I use gpg from the > >>> command line or from Emacs. > >> > >> Can't be bothered with that. TrueCrypt does what I need and includes > >> the wonderful feature of encrypting a dummy file so that if someone > >> puts a gun to your head and forces you to reveal the password, you can > >> reveal the password to the dummy file and the law-enforcement agent has > >> no way to prove there's anything else hidden. > > > > OK. Makes sense. But what's to stop him giving you one more whack with > > the rubber hose just in case? > > <sickly grin from newly vacant gums> > > TrueCrypt is detectable, AIUI. How do you mean? That is: what *isn't* detectable, encryption-wise? > Not really looked into it too hard. Your > best bet is to publically say you've forgotten the password. Haven't people done that in court and copped a fine for refusal anyway? Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: Rowland McDonnell on 4 Aug 2010 05:54 Martin S Taylor <mst(a)hRyEpMnOoVtEiTsHm.cIo.uSk> wrote: > Elliott Roper wrote > >> I've also downloaded GPGFileTool which should let me encrypt freestanding > >> files, but doesn't seem to work. Any help, anyone? > > > > I never found one once I gave up on PGP Corp. I use gpg from the > > command line or from Emacs. > > Can't be bothered with that. TrueCrypt does what I need and includes the > wonderful feature of encrypting a dummy file so that if someone puts a gun to > your head and forces you to reveal the password, you can reveal the password > to the dummy file and the law-enforcement agent [snip] <cough> In the UK at least, there are no law *enforcement* agents as such. Our police aren't supposed to *enforce* the law at all. The job, as I understand it, is basically `nicking villans and maintaining the Queen's peace' sortathing. (little bro was a Special once[1] - I forget *exactly* how he described it to me...) Rowland. [1] In the Met Police. He left after a Met copper tried to do him for speeding without evidence except for what he'd just made up. Little bro convinced the magistrates of the truth and the full-time copper didn't half get a slapping from the bench. When the Met did *ME* for speeding on the basis of purely fictional evidence, I failed to convince the magistrates. Back in the 80s, the Met were total bastards. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: Martin S Taylor on 5 Aug 2010 03:20 Rowland McDonnell wrote > In the UK at least, there are no law *enforcement* agents as such. Our > police aren't supposed to *enforce* the law at all. > > The job, as I understand it, is basically `nicking villans and > maintaining the Queen's peace' sortathing. Isn't that what enforcing the law means? MST
From: Woody on 5 Aug 2010 03:28 Martin S Taylor <mst(a)hRyEpMnOoVtEiTsHm.cIo.uSk> wrote: > Rowland McDonnell wrote >> In the UK at least, there are no law *enforcement* agents as such. > > Our >> police aren't supposed to *enforce* the law at all. >> >> The job, as I understand it, is basically `nicking villans and >> maintaining the Queen's peace' sortathing. > > Isn't that what enforcing the law means? I would have thought so but you're the barrister, you tell us! Or is that just relating to coffee? -- Woody
From: Rowland McDonnell on 6 Aug 2010 16:37
Martin S Taylor <mst(a)hRyEpMnOoVtEiTsHm.cIo.uSk> wrote: > Rowland McDonnell wrote > > In the UK at least, there are no law *enforcement* agents as such. Our > > police aren't supposed to *enforce* the law at all. > > > > The job, as I understand it, is basically `nicking villans and > > maintaining the Queen's peace' sortathing. > > Isn't that what enforcing the law means? Enforcing the law is when you force people to follow it, rather than `keep a lid on public disorder and haul in those who break the law' as our plod are supposed to do. AIUI, IANAL. Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking |