On Friday 18 April 2008 23:22, scar wrote: > Dave Page @ 2008/04/18 06:19:
> > The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) 2000 details the > > powers the police have to demand decrypts and keys. You can read > > more about it at > > http://security.homeoffice.gov.uk/ripa/publication-search/ripa-cop/ > >electronic-information > you may want to check [1] back from may 2006. "Part 3 of RIPA gives > the police powers to order the disclosure of encryption keys, or > force suspects to decrypt encrypted data. Anyone who refuses to hand > over a key to the police would face up to two years' imprisonment." Yes, but that's not what the original poster asked: > > On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 03:11:52PM +0200, Hans Schnehl wrote: > >> I was told in the UK you are obliged to deliver your private > >> gpg/pgp keys to the authorities as soon as you use one of these > >> programs for yourself. UK law does not oblige you to hand over your private keys to the authorities as soon as you use GnuPG or PGP. Dave -- Dave Page <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
