Hacker News Reader

On the other hand, what if I setup a password-less Wifi without logging, encrypt all my devices, then do malicious with my home network.

Can I claim they cannot arrest me since everyone might use my Wifi?

View on HN

You can get a 2 year trip to prison for contempt of court if you refuse to decrypt your devices for the court.

> The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA), Part III, activated by ministerial order in October 2007,[20] requires persons to supply decrypted information and/or keys to government representatives with a court order. Failure to disclose carries a maximum penalty of two years in jail

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_disclosure_law#United_King...

You can read the full law here: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/23/part/III

In Russia this is explicitly illegal (even if you give all device passwords to the police) - you must identify all people who have access to your network, i.e. not let unidentified people in, or go to jail if there is a possibility for strangers to connect, even if nobody actually connected.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com