Wired: Echelon Furor Ends in a Whimper

[Owen Lewis]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukcrypto-admin@chiark.greenend.org.uk
> [mailto:ukcrypto-admin@chiark.greenend.org.uk]On Behalf Of Brian Gladman
> Sent: 09 July 2001 09:20
> To: UK Crypto Posting
> Subject: Re: Wired: Echelon Furor Ends in a Whimper
>

> But rather than trying to change the behaviour of the US, the EU
> can easily
> remove the threat of Echelon if it wishes to do so.  All it has
> to do is to
> promote the rapid and ***universal*** deployment of end-to-end
> cryptographic
> information protection (voice and data).  It does not matter that much of
> this protection will be weak since it is the universal use of end-to-end
> encryption, not its strength, that will completely devastate Echelon.
>
> In my view a determined EU plan to do just this would have created a
> situation in which the US would have talked to the European Parliament
> delegation!

Alright, I can't resist :-)

There will *never* be such a determined plan because few if any at all of
the member states would see it as in their interest to bring about such a
situation. I think we may agree on this and that therefore also agree that
any such wish can never become reality.

Individuals are, of course, free to make their own arrangements as they may
require. Perhaps that is how it should be.

Owen