[Fwd: [FYI] Intelligence agencies and police want to get access to encrypted messages]

[Donald ramsbottom]

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>Intelligence agencies and police want to get access to encrypted 
>messages  
>
>Dutch law enforcement authorities are forcing Trusted Third Parties 
>(TTP's) to use key escrow or key recovery techniques, which make it 
>possible for law enforcement to decrypt encrypted messages. The law 
>enforcement authorities want to get access to encrypted Internet 
>messages, according to secret documents revealed by the Dutch digital 
>rights movement  Bits of Freedom.  
>
>Trusted Third Parties (TTP's) are independent organisations, which 
>offer services to enhance the security and reliability of electronic 
>communication. TTP's, for instance banks, accountants, 
>telecommunication companies or public notaries, use cryptography to 
>prove the authenticity of communication and secure the 
>confidentiality of communication.  


I had heard about this but this is the first time in "print".  Well LEA's
and Gov's are at least consistent in wanting access, if not the in the means.

There were a number of links to some weighty PDF files in this, do you know
if there are any translations knocking about or if BOF are going to produce
any?


Donald Ramsbottom BA LLb (Hons) PGdip
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