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Re: UK: Police 'Decryption Powers' Flawed


From: Florian Weimer <fw () deneb enyo de>
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 21:14:53 +0200

* Fergie:

The police say the powers are needed because criminals are increasingly
using encryption to hide evidence.

They estimate that currently there are 30 cases in which encrypted
evidence had stumped investigators.

And we don't know if it's really AES and the like they're talking
about, or if it's just old-fashioned code books. 8-/
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