A U.K. teenager most recently employed at a fast food restaurant has been
sentenced to 4 months in jail for refusing to give authorities the password to his computer. According to The Daily Mail, Oliver Drage, 19, would not give up his 50-character password, which authorities had requested as part of a child sexual exploitation investigation that has involved the teen since starting back in 2009. Under the U.K.'s Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, hindering an investigation by withholding a password is an offense punishable by jail time. It's a law meant to help thwart terrorist activity, and four people have been prosecuted for such activity under this law. While Drage is serving his time, authorities are still trying to crack the kid's computer code. Yes, it's been 17 months, and the authorities still haven't figured out Drage's password.
Tags: computer, criminal, password, privacy, security, teens, top, uk
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Subscribe to commentsShangkOct 7th 2010 12:51PM
Excuses for a police state
almchrl1Oct 9th 2010 6:11PM
Maybe hiss pass word was OFFYOUFREAKINGPIGS?
KeithpOct 9th 2010 9:27PM
Humm, English Nazis, didn't take Britain long to adopt their tactics.
gslmechOct 9th 2010 11:20PM
Why don;t they just reinstall the operating system with the option save old files
CL123456Oct 10th 2010 11:30AM
Case 1 - The files the police are trying to access are password protected. In that case, it's as easy as 123 to solve it.
Case 2 - The files the police are trying to access are encrypted with a password. In that case, it's not that easy, but there are ways to solve it.
If it's Case 1, I can help. If it's Case 2, you need to ask experts.
sarge187Oct 10th 2010 3:24PM
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a 50 Character password would take aprox. 17,438 years to crack figuring the average amount of time it take to type in 50 character sequences
bmb165Oct 11th 2010 1:07PM
They'll crack it...and then they'll crack his a$$!