A question on UK legislative terminology: Does "published a bill" mean that Parliament approved it? Or does it just mean that the ministers are proposing this law that they'd _like_ to get Parliament to pass, but it hasn't been passed yet? At 08:20 AM 02/11/2000 -0000, Caspar Bowden wrote: >http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20000210S0005 >E-Spying Bill Called 'Escrow By Intimidation' >(02/10/00, 12:58 p.m. ET) By Madeleine Acey, TechWeb > >The British government published a bill Thursday to update law enforcement's >interception powers to include communications made via company networks and >ISPs. > >The legislation was immediately slammed as threatening human rights and >labelled "key escrow through intimidation" by Internet think tank the >Foundation For Information Policy Research (FIPR). Key escrow is a failed >policy by which users of encryption software lodge copies of security keys >with third parties approved by government. ...... Thanks! Bill Bill Stewart, [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Fingerprint D454 E202 CBC8 40BF 3C85 B884 0ABE 4639
