PGP and HMG

[Robin Galbraith]

In article <B71A8ED4.52A7%peter.fairbrother@ntlworld.com>, Peter
Fairbrother <peter.fairbrother@ntlworld.com> writes

>One reason for the Govt. to keep it's own codes secret is that the crypto
>used is supposed to be unbreakable, and if we know what they use then we
>might get an idea of what is breakable and what isn't. Or even just a view
>of the state of the art.

Another reason may be to keep their own backdoors secret. Presumably the
big spooks like to know what the little spooks are doing and someone
somewhere will want to know what they all are doing. They had to wait
for RIPA before allowing the use of PGP.

Robin
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