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0 pointsbnastic4mo ago0 comments

You can run your own software, but if asked by UK authorities to provide the keys/password and you don't comply you face prison time.

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amelius4mo ago

You can safely leave it to FOSS to implement ways around that.

op00to4mo ago

How does FOSS prevent someone from pulling your teeth out with a wrench to get your passphrase?

fastball4mo ago

Rust solves this.

mistercheph4mo ago

Although effective, this particular technique does not scale very well. Even if the UK had 100,000 kidnapping wrench torturers, it would take ~2 years for them to get through to pulling everyone in the UK’s teeth.

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amelius4mo ago

You give them access to a fake account.

rob_c4mo ago

no, no, you can't that's just a factually vacuous and obviously incorrect statement...

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amelius4mo ago

You can safely leave it to FOSS to implement ways around that.

op00to4mo ago

How does FOSS prevent someone from pulling your teeth out with a wrench to get your passphrase?

fastball4mo ago

Rust solves this.

mistercheph4mo ago

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amelius4mo ago

You give them access to a fake account.

rob_c4mo ago

no, no, you can't that's just a factually vacuous and obviously incorrect statement...

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