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On Wednesday 03 October 2007 09:35, Dave Berkeley wrote: > On Wednesday 03 October 2007 09:23:15 Tom Potts wrote: > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/03/ripa-decryption_keys_power/ > > If I send you some encrypted data and you accidentally read the message > > (ie save it to your hard drive) and you don't give the police the > > decryption key you don't have they can bang you up for 5 years! > > Tom te tom te tom > > This started with the RIP act 2000. Note that is a year before the 911 > attacks. The implications are particularly serious for banks etc. Releasing > one key for a criminal investigation will expose any other data in the same > store. > > It spawned this back in 2004 > > http://www.freenet.org.nz/python/phonebook/ > > Cheers > > Dave I've just sent my MP a file and told him its encrypted and he could now get 5 years for not being able to tell the pigs the decryption key. Talking of which - if I encrypt a file using someone else's public key I'm in the doo-doo too! Tom te tom te tom -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html