D'oh, these are people with arty type degrees, they couldn't wire a plug let alone understand someting as complex as computers & crypto.
Terrorists will carry on using the stuff, one more illegal act while planning to murder hundreds if not thousands wont bother them in the slightest. They expect journalistic freedom I bet they would scream if they realised just how much this could impact dissidents writing, publishing and thier safety. regards, Steven "Clive D.W. Feather" wrote: > > Caspar Bowden said: > > http://www.observer.co.uk/leaders/story/0,6903,560536,00.html > > More democracy, more security > > > > Liberty Watch - Observer campaign > > > > Leader > > Sunday September 30, 2001 > > The Observer > > > > ... > > There are, however, important initiatives that Mr Blunkett could take. > > By far the most effective would be the curtailing of the complex > > encryption terrorists use to protect their communications. Organisations > > using encryption codes legitimately should be obliged to give the > > electronic key to the appropriate police authority in advance. > > Just when you think they're getting a clue, they go and say something stupid > *again*. > > They manage to spot the fact that ID cards can be forged and mass > interception is wrong, yet they can't work out the problems with escrow ? > > -- > Clive D.W. Feather | Work: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Tel: +44 20 8371 1138 > Internet Expert | Home: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Fax: +44 20 8371 1037 > Demon Internet | WWW: http://www.davros.org | DFax: +44 20 8371 4037 > Thus plc | | Mobile: +44 7973 377646 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The Cryptography Mailing List > Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
