RE: British Legislation to Compel Encryption Key Disclosure

[Gregory Hicks <ghicks () well com>]

> From: Blanchard_Michael () emc com
> Subject: RE: [funsec] British Legislation to Compel Encryption Key Disclosure
> Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 11:02:49 -0400
> To: <fergdawg () netzero net>, <funsec () linuxbox org>
>
> Yikes!  Glad I live in the States!

Me too, but in certain jursdictions in the US, merely having the
software installed is a clear sign of "guilt" for whatever the TLAs
want to prove guilt for.  Doesn't matter if you have a key or not.  Or
if the software has been installed.  All you need to have for "guilt"
is to have the software on your machine.

Regards,
Gregory Hicks

>   Seriously though, I always thought that most European countries
> were much more strict than over here on privacy matters... I guess
> that doesn't go for the UK :-(
>
>
> Michael P. Blanchard 
> Antivirus / Security Engineer, CISSP, GCIH, CCSA-NGX, MCSE
> Office of Information Security & Risk Management 
> EMC ² Corporation 
> 4400 Computer Dr. 
> Westboro, MA 01580 
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