RE: The ugly side of using disk encryption

["Hagen, Eric" <hagene () DenverNewspaperAgency com>]

How about if you cleaned up the scene of a crime so that it was nearly impossible to identify you as the culprit?  
Should this be prosecutable?  You were using gloves and a mop to attempt to cover up misdeeds.  Is this a crime?  
Should it be a crime?   How does encryption differ?

Eric

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:listbounce () securityfocus com]On Behalf Of Saqib Ali
Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 12:23 PM
To: Hagen, Eric
Cc: security-basics
Subject: Re: The ugly side of using disk encryption


> John Ashcroft attempted to pass a law a few years ago that would have made "use of encryption" a felony that could be 
> added to any other crime to get 3-5  years tacked on to the end of it.  Fortunately the bill stalled and has never 
> been brought back up.  --

a little twist:

how about if you are found guilty and you were using encryption to
cover up misdeeds, tack on additional 10-15 years. DA can use that
additional 10-15 yr as a bargaining tool to get access to encrypted
data.

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Saqib Ali, CISSP, ISSAP
http://www.full-disk-encryption.net

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