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Britain Tries to DOES Emulate the US


From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 10:13:28 -0400



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From: Will Morton <will () memefeeder com>
Date: July 25, 2005 8:58:30 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Cc: schneier () counterpane com
Subject: Re: [IP] Britain Tries to Emulate the US



    Hi Dave;

I think it's worth mentioning that failing to hand over encryption keys to the cops upon presentation of a warrant is already illegal in the UK, with a maximum penalty of two years imprisonment.

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/theissues/article/0,6512,334007,00.html

    Cheers

    Will


On 24 Jul 2005, at 22:29, David Farber wrote:


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From: Bruce Schneier <schneier () counterpane com>

http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,5245014-117079,00.html

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They also want to make it a criminal offence for suspects to refuse to cooperate in giving the police full access to computer files by refusing to disclose their encryption keys.


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