Oliver Drage, 19, of Liverpool, was arrested in May 2009 by military rebellious youngster passionate exploitation.
Police seized his P.C. but could not access element on it as it had a 50-character encryption password.
Drage was convicted of unwell to divulge an encryption key in September. He was condemned at Preston Crown Court on Monday.
Drage was arrested when he was living in Freckleton, Lancashire, but after that changed to Liverpool.
He was rigourously asked to divulge his cue but unsuccessful to do so, which is an violation beneath the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000, military said.
'Robust message'
Officers are still perplexing to fissure the ethics on the P.C. to analyze its contents.
Det Sgt Neil Fowler, of Lancashire police, said: "Drage was formerly of great disposition so the evident custodial judgment handed down by the panel of judges in this box shows only how severely the courts take this type of offence.
"Computer systems are all the time more advanced and the legislation used here was especially brought in to attend to those who are using the internet to execute crime.
"It sends a strong summary out to those vigilant on perplexing to facade their online crook actions that they will be taken before the courts with the best sanction, as in this case, being a custodial sentence."
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