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Re: London 'Observer' editorial calls for escrow
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Clive D.W. Feather)
Mon Oct 1 11:05:50 2001
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 15:25:33 +0100
From: "Clive D.W. Feather" <clive@demon.net>
To: cyber-rights-UK@mail.cyber-rights.org
Cc: ir-l@gn.apc.org, apc-ir-legal@gn.apc.org,
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In-Reply-To: <001801c149f5$14fe2660$01caa8c0@aki>; from cb@fipr.org on Sun, Sep 30, 2001 at 10:15:50PM +0100
Caspar Bowden said:
> http://www.observer.co.uk/leaders/story/0,6903,560536,00.html
> More democracy, more security
>
> Liberty Watch - Observer campaign
>
> Leader
> Sunday September 30, 2001
> The Observer
>
> ...
> There are, however, important initiatives that Mr Blunkett could take.
> By far the most effective would be the curtailing of the complex
> encryption terrorists use to protect their communications. Organisations
> using encryption codes legitimately should be obliged to give the
> electronic key to the appropriate police authority in advance.
Just when you think they're getting a clue, they go and say something stupid
*again*.
They manage to spot the fact that ID cards can be forged and mass
interception is wrong, yet they can't work out the problems with escrow ?
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