Observer Leader calls for escrow

[Ben Laurie]

Pete Chown wrote:
> 
> Caspar Bowden wrote:
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> > http://www.observer.co.uk/leaders/story/0,6903,560536,00.html
> > More democracy, more security
> 
> If you want to write (respectfully :-) ) to the Observer, the contact
> details are given here:
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> http://www.observer.co.uk/Print/0,3858,3933306,00.html

One thing puzzles me: is there any evidence at all that "the complex
encryption terrorists use to protect their communications" actually
exists? As I understand it, communications have been done by traditional
means, not involving encryption or the 'net at all.

Of course, there's still the question why anyone thinks a terrorist
would be insane enough to "give the electronic key to the appropriate
police authority in advance" - I can just see it now:

ObL: "Hi, is that the anti-terrorism unit?"
ATU: "Yep, that's us"
ObL: "Ah, good, I'm about to commit some acts of terrorism, and I plan
to use encryption - what was the address to send the keys again, I seem
to have mislaid it?"

Cheers,

Ben.

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