Is the Home Office right ?

Ian BROWN I.Brown at cs.ucl.ac.uk
Wed, 18 Aug 1999 10:33:34 +0100


>Is the partial answer to this problem a requirement on ISPs to insert 
>latency in their systems - so that all packets are delayed a random 
>amount between at least three quarters of a second to two seconds ? Or 
>do we need a licensing requirement for the use of voice encryption ? 

God help us.

>Pick up this week's "Newsweek" and you will see that it is devoted to the 
>US practice shooting children in schools. The right to bear arms is a 
>constitutional freedom in the USA while in the UK we have some of the 
>most repressive gun legislation in the world.

Please please PLEASE don't let an interminable gun rights flame war start on 
this list!