Re: British Legislation to Compel Encryption Key Disclosure

[Gregory Hicks <ghicks () well com>]

> Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 11:25:42 -0700
> From: Blue Boar <BlueBoar () thievco com>
> To: Gregory Hicks <ghicks () well com>
> Subject: Re: [funsec] British Legislation to Compel Encryption Key Disclosure
> Cc: funsec () linuxbox org, Blanchard_Michael () emc com
>
> Gregory Hicks wrote:
> > Me too, but in certain jursdictions in the US, merely having the
> > software installed is a clear sign of "guilt" for whatever the TLAs
> > want to prove guilt for.  Doesn't matter if you have a key or not.  Or
> > if the software has been installed.  All you need to have for "guilt"
> > is to have the software on your machine.
>
> Which "software"?  Every major OS has shipped with crypto software for 
> years now.

> From http://www.gigalaw.com/newsarchives/2005_05_01_index2.html

#
Encryption Software Evidence of Criminal Intent, Court Says

A Minnesota appeals court has ruled that the presence of encryption
software on a computer may be viewed as evidence of criminal intent.
[...]
# Read the article: CNET News.com | Posted: 5/25/2005 01:03:00 AM | Permalink

CNET link is http://news.com.com/2100-1030_3-5718978.html

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