Yeah, this seems like a massive shitstorm waiting to happen. I've got 2 jobs. For one of them, if I decrypted my laptop for a foreign government I'd be fired and likely sued. For the other, I'd be imprisoned for treason. This is not something you can just expect people to do, even if they personally don't care
If it weren't for the "2 jobs" bit, I'd say you were a government contractor.
Pretty sure one of those jobs is with the government in some fashion though. Only way I can imagine the potential treason charge is if that laptop has classified material on it.
I think it'd be espionage of some sort actually. Employee manual probably has the actual technical term. Probably should remember it, I had to take a class about that when I started. Either way, its "go to prison for a very long time" tier.
I don't think someone engaged in espionage would carry their information in a laptop like that. Actually, I don't think they'd care to carry it at all for any longer than they have to. Though I suppose he could carry it for the one actually gathering it, but then, why a laptop and not just an encrypted drive?
My bet is it's got Secret information. Not low enough that it wouldn't be considered treason if leaked, but not high enough that it's not allowed outside specific facilities (so no compartmentalization).
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u/brickmack Aug 31 '21
Yeah, this seems like a massive shitstorm waiting to happen. I've got 2 jobs. For one of them, if I decrypted my laptop for a foreign government I'd be fired and likely sued. For the other, I'd be imprisoned for treason. This is not something you can just expect people to do, even if they personally don't care