William was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please help if you can.

Henry Yen henry at AegisInfoSys.com
Tue Dec 18 07:02:24 UTC 2012


On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 20:45:04AM -0600, Jimmy Hess wrote:
> If you _must_  be able to protect data from extreme
> physical threats:  keep it encrypted end to end at all times,

Physical threat is somewhat different than seizure by law enforcement, though.

Although mooted when authorities decrypted an evidentiary laptop themselves,
the idea of encryption as a shield against law enforcement is not yet a
settled issue in the US; see the "Fricosu" case.  A nice explanation:
   https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/03/tale-two-encryption-cases

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Henry Yen                                       Aegis Information Systems, Inc.
Senior Systems Programmer                       Hicksville, New York




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