On Sat, 05 Aug 2000 09:45:43 -0500, Involuntary
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<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, which said:
> U.K. e-mail snooping bill passed into law
>
> By LAURA ROHDE
> IDG News Service, 07/27/00
>
> Under the provisions of the RIP bill, the U.K. government --
> specifically the Home Office and its head, the Home Secretary (a post
> currently held by Jack Straw) -- can demand encryption keys to any and
> all data communications, with a prison sentence of two years for those
> who do not comply with the order.
I know this is the UK and not Amerika, but if such a law is ever passed
in the USA, that would be like "guilty just because you look
suspicious".
> Furthermore, if a company official is asked to surrender an encryption
> key to the government, that individual is barred by law from telling
> anyone -- including his employer, be it senior management or security
> staff -- that he has done so. Guidelines for this "tipping-off"
> offense, as it is known, could leave an international company completely
> unaware that what it assumes is secure company data may be under
> investigation by MI5. Those violating the tipping-off offense can face
> up to five years in prison.
Can you say, "international implications"?
> "Given the comments made in the overseas media, we must explain clearly
> what the bill is and is not, and why we do not believe it poses a threat
> to e-commerce in Britain; on the contrary, it will help to achieve the
> government's aim of a strong and secure e-commerce economy, to which we
> are all committed," Clarke said to the House of Commons.
Monitoring corporate e-mail may secure e-commerce and prevent
anti-competitive deviance in the business world, but how does monitoring
the e-mail of individual citizens help anything?
> Clarke emphasized that "propaganda is needed" to re-educate the public
> about the provisions of the bill and asked the House with help in
> promoting "the interests of this country's businesses when the time
> comes."
Talk about "in your face" bull malarky!
> Some opponents of the RIP bill are pointing out that the technology
> provided for in the bill is already out of date and fairly simple to
> circumvent.
Hehehe.
> The pair also pointed out that "it is very unlikely that the government
> will install interception equipment at the many small ISPs since the
> overall costs of doing this will be high and the gains involved will be
> very limited. It is very likely that any interception capability will
> be at larger ISPs, and this means that using a small ISP can reduce the
> likelihood that e-mail is vulnerable to interception."
I would say that the government should be forced to pay for all this
monitoring equipment, but guess what... that means WE pay for it as
people...we would PAY the government to snoop on us! That's like
prisoners being forced to pay for their own prison stays...paying the
state to subject them to prison rape and all other forms of inhumane
treatment. It's the ultimate mindfvck. I can't remember what show I
saw, but there was a bully messing with a kid and the bully told the kid
to pay him for his lunch. The kid thought he could pay the guy and he'd
get to keep his lunch, but the bully made the kid pay him to eat his
lunch. There's no difference between that TV show and what's happening
in the UK and in the prisons where prisoners pay for their own prison
terms. In particular I'm talking about the non-violent "drug offenders"
who have hurt no one.
Ty
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