this reminds me of the story where the owner of the service refused to give the encryption key but finally gave the FBI key in the paper printout.
found it... truly a "thug life" moment
Lavabit founder refused FBI order to hand over email encryption keys
Levison handed over the SSL keys as an 11-page printout in 4-point type which the government called "illegible".
"To make use of these keys, the FBI would have to manually input all 2,560 characters, and one incorrect keystroke in this laborious process would render the FBI collection system incapable of collecting decrypted data," prosecutors said.