Criminals and strong encryption

[Ben Laurie]

Dave Howe wrote:
> Lets face facts here - a criminal is not going to follow a law that puts him at a
> disadvantage - that's why he is a criminal! Laws are only there to be obeyed
> by the law abiding.......

Which reminds me of a wonderful piece of bollox(tm) by my MP (George
Young) when I wrote to him about some other piece of blatant
civil-liberty-infringing piece of legislation (trespass, I seem to
remember). He replied "law-abiding citizens have nothing to fear". Wow!
Thanks, George! So, let me get this straight - if I obey the law, you
won't prosecute, right? That's a load off my mind.

He was also kind enough to reply to a number of points I hadn't raised.
Nothing to do with the Charter '88 campaign going on at the time, of
course.

Cheers,

Ben.

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