I see your point, and agree about the kind of world that I want to live in, but if I may be allowed to play devils advocate for a moment:
Just spitballing here but what if the software decrypted something as a side effect of doing something else like watching a movie. After all, buggy software is everywhere, perhaps that is just a bug.
What if that random file was a test input for a software fuzzing test. Is that not a plausible enough excuse?
What if the system periodically accessed data files [that had random data] to verify their integrity, you never know when data corruption might sneak in after all.
I totally agree that anyone trying to plead this case in court would likely fail miserably but the though experiment is interesting.
>Just spitballing here but what if the software decrypted something as a side effect of doing something else like watching a movie.
DRM movies are already encrypted. The DMCA does not seem to include an exception for law enforcement or intelligence gathering.
We just need an easy DRM format that allows content producers to licence and make available for viewing (but not arbitrary copying) custom content for specific viewers.
Just spitballing here but what if the software decrypted something as a side effect of doing something else like watching a movie. After all, buggy software is everywhere, perhaps that is just a bug.
What if that random file was a test input for a software fuzzing test. Is that not a plausible enough excuse?
What if the system periodically accessed data files [that had random data] to verify their integrity, you never know when data corruption might sneak in after all.
I totally agree that anyone trying to plead this case in court would likely fail miserably but the though experiment is interesting.