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simanyay on Aug 12, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: Withold password, go to jail

I don't think that UK police will get a section 49 notice just to get some random password because I am pretty sure that the NTAC requires a lot of information proving that they are looking for data that may help preventing future illegal actions or something like that.

So I think the police really know what are they looking for when obtaining this warrant.

ErrantX on Aug 12, 2009 [–]

Yes. The form islong and very thorough. No random police person could fill it in - you have to be fairly expert to provide the relevant detail.

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