Re: Idaho Killer Holds Encryption Key to Laptop Mystery

[Blue Boar <BlueBoar () thievco com>]

Fergie wrote:
> Having said that, one should not be swayed by the (false) argument
> that strong encryption in the hands of the masses will eventually
> lend itself to more of these unfortunate situations -- it does not
> change the fact that criminals will commit crimes, regardless of
> the technologies available to them which may be used to attempt to
> conceal them.

Right.  This really has nothing to do with encryption itself.  It's no 
different than the serial killer who refuses to say where the bodies are 
hidden, even after he has been convicted.  And heck, we can torture it 
out of them now, right?

If I were the cynical type, I'd say that this is just another example of 
trotting out the evil things that a particular tool can be used for, by 
some party that has an agenda against that tool.

                                                BB
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