Times 7/3/2000: "How secure is your e-mail?"

[Ian Miller]

On Wed, 08 Mar 2000, the-times.co.uk wrote:
> The arrest of Julie-Ann Davies in connection with an alleged breach of =
the
> Official Secrets Act warns us that e-mails may not be as private as we
> assume.
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Does anyone know if Ms. Davies' e-mails were encrypted?  There is a PGP k=
ey
for David Shayler [0x863c8c24] (or at least what purports to be one) on t=
he
public servers.   If I were e-mailing him, I would encrypt.

I had rather assumed when they wanted to go after her computer that they
were looking for the plaintext.   If the are going after everyone who=20
exchanges any e-mails with him, he clearly needs far more people exchangi=
ng
e-mail with him.

Ian