Apparently giving investigators
50 incorrect passwords will land you in jail for six months.
As part of the investigation, police wanted to look
at encrypted data stored on Wilson's computer. But the password he gave
them didn't work. In fact, he provided investigators with 50 passwords,
none of which turned out to be correct. So police turned to the courts,
which compelled him to provide the correct key to decrypt the data in
the interest of national security. Since Wilson refused to comply, he
was sentenced to six months in prison under the Regulation of
Investigatory Powers Act, or RIPA, the UK's wiretapping law.
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