On Tue, 17 Apr 2001 17:49:46 +0300 "Kalle A. Sandstr\"om"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 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 is absolutely horrible.
>
> All of which becomes pretty much useless when use of
> <URL:http://www.rubberhose.org/> Rubberhose becomes standard
> practice.
It would be nice if I could actualy install and USE rubberhose, but, oh
well. I guess these developers think only fellow software developers
would ever be interested in it.
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