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Re: The ugly side of using disk encryption


From: "Saqib Ali" <docbook.xml () gmail com>
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 11:23:06 -0700

John Ashcroft attempted to pass a law a few years ago that would have made "use of encryption" a felony that could be 
added to any other crime to get 3-5  years tacked on to the end of it.  Fortunately the bill stalled and has never been brought 
back up.  --

a little twist:

how about if you are found guilty and you were using encryption to
cover up misdeeds, tack on additional 10-15 years. DA can use that
additional 10-15 yr as a bargaining tool to get access to encrypted
data.

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Saqib Ali, CISSP, ISSAP
http://www.full-disk-encryption.net

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