Re: How long before NIPC decides we need one of these?

[Chris Adams <chris () digitaria com>]

On 04/30/00 11:00:12 PM gfresen () ais net wrote:

> No, it's worse than that.  With your private key in their hands, they can 
> write
> messages, put on appropriate dates and sign them ... then say that you wrote
> them. (depending upon the technology that is used)

Yes. Couple that with treating key confiscation as a minor thing and I'd be 
surprised if someone's key didn't end up accidentally being sent to a well-
connected competitor.

One possible line of defense other than complete civil disobediance might be 
providing only the session key(s) used for encrypted documents instead of the 
key-pair. It'd be interesting to see if the courts accept this.