Fast forward 30 years into the future....Will the Information Police be charging people with the crime of “harboring a data storage device”?
And you'll finally get to see a picture of me. In the government supported newspapers. Don't expect me to be wearing teeth, glasses, hair tie or shoes.
I figure the last part is a pretty safe bet, based on history from the last 2 years. ;)
/johnny
Britain has already outlawed encrypted files unless you hand over the password.
More like,
“Hey, how come you don’t have a computer?....well, come out back to the orchard / vineyard / garden and let’s talk about how life should be.”
“Let’s start with the Father, why don’t we...”
They'll start treating your data like they do your financial records. If they catch you holding too much cash, they sieze it until you prove it's not from drug dealing. They want you to keep it in the bank. They can make the bank turn over information about you on demand that they would have to get a search warrant for if was in your personal records at home.
No. You will be charged with posessing an unlicensed storage device. This will gain the ready acceptance of many of the law-and-order types here.