[119031] in Cypherpunks
Re: Danish Justice Minister encourages private Crypto use
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Shattered Promotions)
Wed Oct 13 12:22:00 1999
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Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 08:55:53 -0700
To: Bo Elkjaer <boo@apollon.datashopper.dk>,
Pelle Braendgaard <pelle@aquamedia.net>
From: Shattered Promotions <shatter@twistedinternet.com>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
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er.dk>
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Please do have it translated... Even tho I am American, I am very interested.
At 08:36 AM 10/13/99 +0200, Bo Elkjaer wrote:
>On Tue, 12 Oct 1999, Pelle Braendgaard wrote:
>
> > 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!
>
>Ah, but the journalist didn't hear all he said - or maybe didn't
>understand it. Minister of truth and justice Frank Jensen
>encouraged use of encryption, but accordlingly admitted, that
>plans are under way to restrict use of strong crypto in Denmark (EU?) -
>and only allow breakable crypto or crypto with backdoors. "The authorities
>need to have access to the encrypted data - with court orders".
>
>Go figure. Encryption is just his fig-leave for the moment, because he
>can't admit to any knowledge of global interception of communications
>without making liars of himself and the entire government.
>
>I'm going to strip that fig-leave of him tomorrow.
>
>I am preparing an article with more details on how the danish government
>and the EU plans to restrict use of strong encryption within a very close
>timeframe for my paper for tomorrow.
>If its of any interest I will see if I can have it translated and post it
>here?
>
>Bo Elkjaer, Denmark
>
>
> > 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.
> >
> >
>
> >>Bevar naturen: Sylt et egern.<<
> >>URL: http://www.datashopper.dk/~boo/index.html<<
> >>PGP-encrypted mail welcomed and preferred.<<
