Moritz; always the voice of reason.
MATVOR.
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On Sunday, 1 May 2016, Moritz Bartl moritz@torservers.net wrote:
On 04/30/2016 08:15 PM, dan wrote:
Sorry to hear that. We're already in contact, but just for therecord: I
think there's the fast option here, you unlock it and let them search it, or,Kind of surprised that you are suggesting to give a way the encryption passphrase.
No, I did not. I merely outlined the options. Do not confuse listing options with suggestions, and do not confuse suggestions with what people would do personally themselves.
Also, there's a clear difference between unlocking it and demonstrating that the files are not on that computer without letting them touch it, unlocking it and let them search it while you're present, unlocking it and let them take a copy of all the data, or giving out the passphrase. Those are all distinct things.
Maybe it is simply too crazy for many jurisdictions to believe, but police in Germany in most cases actually treats you well and is not your enemy. There's no point in turning every occasion into a combat just for the sake of it. I've spoken to spriver, and it looks like they will be satisfied if spriver unlocks the laptop and shows them that the files cannot be found in a filename search conducted by himself. If spriver is comfortable doing that, and the objective here is to get the laptop back quickly, it is not for me to decide and condemn that choice. Actually, I think it is fairly reasonable.
But, yes, as with any person that has a computer, I recommend up-to-date offsite backups. Then, you might lean towards the other reasonable option, which is to simply state the facts and demand the hardware back. There's so many things that can happen with your machines, especially when it's a laptop, there is no reason not to have good backups.
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