Encrypted files frustrate police

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Tom Gray <tom_gray_grc () yahoo com>
Date: July 25, 2005 2:39:14 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net, tom_gray_grc () yahoo com
Subject: Encrypted files frustrate police


http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,20409-1701405,00.html


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From today's Times of London

Encrypted files frustrate police

TERRORIST suspects are using encryption techniques to
prevent police from accessing vital intelligence on
seized computers, Britain’s top police commander said
yesterday.

Sir Ian Blair, the Commissioner of the Metropolitan
Police, said that government plans for
counter-terrorist legislation should include
prosecutions for suspects who refuse to unlock their
computer files.

He said that the police can hold a suspect for 14 days
without charge and if he or she refuses to co-operate
the investigation becomes “a race against time” as
police computer experts try to decrypt files in that
time

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