[IP] Britain Tries to DOES Emulate the US

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

Begin forwarded message:

From: Will Morton <will@memefeeder.com>
Date: July 25, 2005 8:58:30 PM EDT
To: dave@farber.net
Cc: schneier@counterpane.com
Subject: Re: [IP] Britain Tries to Emulate the US



    Hi Dave;

    I think it's worth mentioning that failing to hand over  
encryption keys to the cops upon presentation of a warrant is already  
illegal in the UK, with a maximum penalty of two years imprisonment.

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/theissues/article/0,6512,334007,00.html

    Cheers

    Will


On 24 Jul 2005, at 22:29, David Farber wrote:


> Begin forwarded message:
>
> From: Bruce Schneier <schneier@counterpane.com>
>
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,5245014-117079,00.html
>
> <snip>


> They also want to make it a criminal offence for suspects to refuse  
> to cooperate in giving the police full access to computer files by  
> refusing to disclose their encryption keys.
<snip>


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