logo

Hong Kong Police Can Force You to Reveal Your Encryption Keys

ID: 9a5c8c94-cf18-523b-8367-760c0f000db8

STIX ID: report--9a5c8c94-cf18-523b-8367-760c0f000db8

Feed Name: Schneier on Security

Date Published: 2026-04-07

Date Updated: 2026-05-05

Author: Bruce Schneier

...
...

The U.S. Consulate General warned that, as of March 23, 2026, Hong Kong authorities revised enforcement of the National Security Law to allow police to require individuals to disclose passwords or other assistance to access personal electronic devices and to take and retain devices claimed to be linked to national security offenses; refusal is now a criminal offense.

Your team is not currently subscribed to this feed. You must subscribe to it in order to see this post.