On: FBI struggles to seize 600,000 Bitcoins from alleg...

[whyleyc]

It's surely only a matter of time in this situation before the FBI start using rubber-hose cryptanalysis [1]

[1] Obligatory XKCD http://xkcd.com/538/

[sp332 → whyleyc]

That's actually illegal.

[oleganza → sp332]

Killing citizens without court order is also illegal. And waterboarding in gitmo. And starting wars based on lies. And lying to congress by NSA. So many things are illegal, but those who are in charge of enforcing justice are doing them anyway.

[smoyer → oleganza]

I hope that killing citizens WITH a court order is also illegal. A death-sentence requires a conviction, then a sentencing.

[Cthulhu_ → smoyer]

Not if you just brand them the label 'Enemy combatants' - laws no longer apply then, apparently. I'm still waiting for someone to accuse and convict the US of war crimes and the violations of the rights of prisoners of war.

[misnome → oleganza]

Not if you then make them legal retroactively!

[whyleyc → sp332]

Hitting someone with a wrench may well be, but leaning on them as part of a plea-bargain would not be.

It's naive to think that if the FBI want the private key they don't have legal ways of pressing you to hand it over.

[harvestmoon → sp332]

It may be, but who knows if we'll ever find out about it?

[CamperBob2 → sp332]

It's not illegal if Uncle Sam does it!