On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 09:16:34PM +1200, David McNab wrote:
> > And I am absolutely appauled at the British Licensing of TVs.
>
> Other things in Britain are appalling.
>
> Such as the new law which gives spooks total power over electronic comms.
> For instance, an MI5 official can approach *any* employee of a company, and
> demand all the company's encryption keys.
> If the employee refuses, it's an automatic 2-year jail term.
> If the employee tells anyone else that (s)he has handed over keys, it's also
> 2 years in jail.
> Same for home computer users.
>
> Sadly here in New Zealand, a new law coming in which gives not just spies,
> but also any police officer, the power to demand keys as well.
All of which becomes pretty much useless when use of
<URL:http://www.rubberhose.org/> Rubberhose becomes standard practice.
From the blurb on the Rubberhose homepage:
Rubberhose transparently and deniably encrypts disk data, minimising the
effectiveness of warrants, coersive interrogations and other compulsive
mechanims, such as U.K RIP legislation.
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