British govt just started pushing for Part III of RIPA citing terrorism and kiddie porn as major reasons to require people to disclose encryption keys...
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060518-6870.html Seems we may have a strong ally on our side on this one. International bankers might not want the local police requiring them to hand over keys either, though they certainly have enough political influence to stop investigations before they start I'm sure... The UK Crypto thread that spawned this article is here: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/pipermail/ukcrypto/2006-May/080742.html One can only hope that the Bill of Rights is enough to keep this bullshit out of the US, but who knows. -- Mike Perry Mad Computer Scientist fscked.org evil labs
