David Cameron seemingly calls for ban or weakening of Internet crypto Spies should be able to monitor all online messaging, says David Cameron
(Telegraph): http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/internet-security/11340621/Spies-should-be-able-to-monitor-all-online-messaging-says-David-Cameron.html The Security Services will be given the powers to read all messages sent over the internet, if the Conservatives win the general election. David Cameron, the Prime Minister, made the pledge at a campaign event attended by up to 100 Conservative activists in Nottingham. The police and the intelligence agencies have expressed concerns that they are not able to access the content of some of the new ways to communicate over the internet. - - - At face value, he appears to be saying that he wants to ban or weaken TLS and PGP, etc. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy I am a consultant to Google -- I speak only for myself, not for them. Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Google+: http://google.com/+LaurenWeinstein Twitter: http://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com _______________________________________________ pfir mailing list http://lists.pfir.org/mailman/listinfo/pfir
