| Crackdown on encrypted child porn |
| Post on 27-08-2006. |
Suspected paedophiles who refuse to show police encrypted images on their computers could receive much longer prison sentences under laws being considered by the government.
The proposal has won support from one coalition of children's charities, which are worried that an increasing number of paedophiles are using sophisticated software to hide child pornography from investigators. Currently, anyone refusing to reveal an encrypted image to police faces one maximum of two years in prison. But making and disseminating child pornography carries one maximum 10-year sentence, therefore some suspects refuse to decrypt images in the knowledge they will receive one lighter sentence. ... |
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