BACKLASH Legal Advice upon arrest (25)

Well that's part of the problem...no-one really knows for sure, not even them...

Does anyone know, for example, if extreme means photo's that many have on here regarding spanking etc or is that acceptable but more serious play isn't?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated as having only just started looking into the scene I would not wish to get into any trouble for it

Just out of curiosity what do they mean by extreme?

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Well that's part of the problem...no-one really knows for sure, not even them...

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Regardless of whether the police have this power or not, avoiding prosecution under the new law is as simple as installing Truecrypt on your computer.

Edited 27 May 11, 12:17 AM by ropeboyuk

Those clever photographers have already solved precisely this problem. Truecrypt employees a "plausible deniability” facility.

Briefly, you can encrypt an area of your hard drive. Encrypted files in this area are indistinguishable from empty space, which means you can divide the area into two - one area for files that you want to hide, and one area for files which you don't mind revealing.

If you are forced to reveal a password to any second party - the police, for example - you can simply reveal the password which decrypts the files you don't mind revealing. There is no way* for the police to know whether the rest of your hard drive is empty space or not. This is what "plausible deniability" means.

Naturally there is no illegal material of any kind on my computer, but any of my fellow thought-criminals who have problems setting up the software are welcome to ask me for technical advice. Ropeboy's warning to consult a solicitor and not to listen to what the internets say is also good advice.

*(Unless they can install key-logging software on your computer without your knowledge).

Edited 3 Jan 09, 9:45 PM by Canis_Major

Firstly, what exactly are the 'limited rights' the police have?

Secondly, in the phrase 'This includes .. .. ', what does the word 'This' refer to, the police being allowed to remove, or the limitation on their rights?

"I'm just about at breaking point", she snapped!

For example other family members, IT staff in your company with admin access, people coming in to your computer due to a trojan, or of course contamination by strangers entering your house, or by logging in (possibly bypassing WEP security) over wifi into your computer or server etc..

In addition, it would be very feasible for somebody to upload a USB stick, SD card etc. into a laptop by mistake etc.

Therefore it is critical that if an arrest leads to a search you are sure that you are present during the search, and th eway that any computer is connected to teh internet or easily accessible to others etc is recorded at the time in case it is relied on later during defence.

The presence of files on computers does not necessarily mean they were put there by the user or even that the user was aware they were there.

rather the just a no comment answer..say *no comment on the advice of my solicitor*, thats if he has advised a * no comment* answer to the questions. And even answer * no comment on the advice of my solicitor* if they say what a nice jumper you are wearing. After all thats what he is there for, to advise, and later you can make a statement, and if asked about the * no comments* you say you did it under legal advice.