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Re: British Legislation to Compel Encryption Key Disclosure
From: Gregory Hicks <ghicks () well com>
Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 13:05:33 -0700 (PDT)
Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 11:25:42 -0700 From: Blue Boar <BlueBoar () thievco com> To: Gregory Hicks <ghicks () well com> Subject: Re: [funsec] British Legislation to Compel Encryption Key Disclosure Cc: funsec () linuxbox org, Blanchard_Michael () emc com Gregory Hicks wrote: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.Which "software"? Every major OS has shipped with crypto software for years now.
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# Encryption Software Evidence of Criminal Intent, Court Says A Minnesota appeals court has ruled that the presence of encryption software on a computer may be viewed as evidence of criminal intent. [...] # Read the article: CNET News.com | Posted: 5/25/2005 01:03:00 AM | Permalink CNET link is http://news.com.com/2100-1030_3-5718978.html ------------------------------------------------------------------- I am perfectly capable of learning from my mistakes. I will surely learn a great deal today. "A democracy is a sheep and two wolves deciding on what to have for lunch. Freedom is a well armed sheep contesting the results of the decision." - Benjamin Franklin "The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed." --Alexander Hamilton _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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- Re: British Legislation to Compel Encryption Key Disclosure Brian Loe (May 18)
- Re: British Legislation to Compel Encryption Key Disclosure David Lodge (May 18)
- Re: British Legislation to Compel Encryption Key Disclosure Brian Loe (May 18)
- Re: British Legislation to Compel Encryption Key Disclosure Brian Loe (May 18)
- Re: British Legislation to Compel Encryption Key Disclosure Jim Murray (May 18)
- Re: British Legislation to Compel Encryption Key Disclosure Thomas C. Greene (May 18)
- Re: British Legislation to Compel Encryption Key Disclosure Fergie (May 18)
- RE: British Legislation to Compel Encryption Key Disclosure Gregory Hicks (May 18)
- Re: British Legislation to Compel Encryption Key Disclosure Blue Boar (May 18)
- Re: British Legislation to Compel Encryption Key Disclosure Valdis . Kletnieks (May 18)
- Re: British Legislation to Compel Encryption Key Disclosure Brian Loe (May 18)
- Re: British Legislation to Compel Encryption Key Disclosure Blue Boar (May 18)
- Re: British Legislation to Compel Encryption Key Disclosure Brian Loe (May 18)
- Re: British Legislation to Compel Encryption Key Disclosure Valdis . Kletnieks (May 18)
- Re: British Legislation to Compel Encryption Key Disclosure Brian Loe (May 18)