[119020] in Cypherpunks
Danish Justice Minister encourages private Crypto use
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Pelle Braendgaard)
Tue Oct 12 23:46:53 1999
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I got this off a Danish News list. I've translated it as follows:
Danish News 99.10.12 (Tuesday)
ENCRYPTION IS ONLY PROTECTION
If Danish citizens and companies want to secure themselves against illegal
tapping of phones, fax and e-mail, then there is only one safe method:
Encryption!
This was said by Justice Minister Frank Jensen (Social Democratic Party)
today after a conference about Intelligence agencies and the Echelon
problem. He insisted that none of the agencies under his ministry took part
in illegal wiretapping or were affiliated with Foreign Intelligence
networks. The only thing he knows about Echelon is what he's read in the
press, he said. He wouldn't comment on the Defence Intelligence Agency
(FET) or the military listening post on the south coast of Amager (Island
of the coast of Copenhagen), that the Scottish journalist Duncan Campell
claims to be part of the American-British-Australian-New Zealand
intelligence network, that goes by the name Echelon. This is part of the
Defence Minister Hans Haekkerup's (SDP) portfolio he said. Frank Jensen
directly encourages Danes, who want to secure them selves against
electronic surveillance to use Cryptography from sources that are trusted.
That is the only guarantee he could offer.
- Danske Nyheder pr. 99.10.12 (Tirsdag) -
* Set, hoert og laest af Dille og Leif paa BLA*net *
KRYPTERING ENESTE BESKYTTELSE
Hvis danske borgere og virksomheder vil sikre sig mod ulovlig aflytning
af telefoner, fax og e-post, saa er der kun en sikker metode: kryptering!
Det sagde justitsminister Frank Jensen (S) i dag efter et samraad om
efterretningsvirksomhed og Echelon-problemet. Han slog fast, at ingen
af de tjenester, der stod under hans ministerium deltog i ulovlig
aflytning, eller var tilsluttet udenlandske aflytningsnetvaerk. Det
eneste han kendte til Echelon var, hvad han havde laest i pressen, sagde
han. Han ville ikke udtale sig om Forsvarets Efterretningstjeneste
eller den militaere lyttepost paa sydkysten af Amager, som den skotske
journalist Duncan Campell har udpeget som vaerende et led i det
amerikansk-britisk-australsk-Newzealanske efterretningsamarbejde, der
siges at operere under navnet Echelon. Det hoerte under forsvarsminister
Hans Haekkerup (S), sagde han. Frank Jensen opfordrede direkte danskere,
der ville sikre sig mod elektronisk overvaagning at bruge kryptering fra
kilder, de stoler paa. Det var den eneste garanti, han kunne give.
