And a lesbian single parent to boot, I'd imagine.
The fact is though most of the businesses in the UK that have more than two people should employ encryption. The DPA requires you to protect any data you hold on other people. The best way to do that is by encrypting it. I've been setting up enterprise systems for ages and these days pretty much the first thing we do when we install something is switch all the encryption options we can find on. Especially if there's any sort of mobile devices in use.
Therein I suspect lies an issue. If I set up a system and have enabled various passwords and then I either leave the business or whatever, what happens when the police turn up asking for the data? OK I've given the passwords to someone on site, but what happens if by then they've left too? Passwords get lost of forgotten all the time. With enterprise stuff it matters less than you think - this stuff rarely gets rebooted and often is designed to operate without needing the password, except and until you want to view data in it that it doesn't think you're entitled to. The 'root password' on Linux systems is an obvious example. If a business can't fulfill a police search request because they don't have the password to do so any more, who goes to jail?
and if you do then obviously you are doing something that the authorities should be interested in!!
