[Tveabuti]

I wonder who will be the first to say that honest people have nothing to hide.

I also know that in Britain it is illegal not to tell the police your passwords if they have a search warrant.

[Mmccqrtb]

I think giving your passwords to the police is too close to testifying against yourself. If they want to find anything, they can do it themselves.

[Marc Spilkintin]

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle5439604.ece

"THE Home Office has quietly adopted a new plan to allow police across Britain routinely to hack into people’s personal computers without a warrant."

[Loopyjr]

So if you have something locked in a safe, you'd say they couldn't search that (even with a warrant) unless they broke into the safe themselves, because you wouldn't have to give them the key/combination?

Exactly. "I've lost me keys, sorry." I also don't have to say that it is booby-trapped, do I?

[ZAtlLVos]

This is crap. I can understand and agree if a warrant is involved (and a specific item is named in the search warrant) Your safe comparison was a good one.

[LxtdK9i4]

Writs of Assistance are nothing new to the slaves of George III and his heirs. So why are we surprised?