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[FYI] Intelligence agencies and police want to get access to encrypted messages
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Axel H Horns)
Tue May 8 13:50:47 2001
From: "Axel H Horns" <horns@ipjur.com>
To: cryptography@wasabisystems.com
Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 09:20:37 +0200
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Dutch government puts Trusted Third Parties under pressure
Jelle van Buuren 08.05.2001
Intelligence agencies and police want to get access to encrypted
messages
Dutch law enforcement authorities are forcing Trusted Third Parties
(TTP's) to use key escrow or key recovery techniques, which make it
possible for law enforcement to decrypt encrypted messages. The law
enforcement authorities want to get access to encrypted Internet
messages, according to secret documents revealed by the Dutch digital
rights movement Bits of Freedom.
Trusted Third Parties (TTP's) are independent organisations, which
offer services to enhance the security and reliability of electronic
communication. TTP's, for instance banks, accountants,
telecommunication companies or public notaries, use cryptography to
prove the authenticity of communication and secure the
confidentiality of communication.
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