On: Dutch police take down hornets' nest of DDoS botne...

[pjc50]

Check your local laws on cryptography and destruction of evidence before trying this. You may still be legally obliged to decrypt the material or go to jail.

[mirimir → pjc50]

True. Last I read, that ex cop is still locked up in Philadelphia, for contempt. They don't believe that he forgot his passphrase.

But parent was talking about hosting servers for a client. If the client executed that command, I don't see how the provider could be responsible.

The client could be. But they'd need to extradite him, from Russia, which might not be so easy, these days.

[Alupis → mirimir]

Sometimes going to jail for obstruction/destruction of evidence is a better option than the alternative...