Observer Leader calls for escrow

[Ben Laurie]

James Fidell wrote:
> 
> Quoting Caspar Bowden (cb@fipr.org):
> 
> > ...
> > There are, however, important initiatives that Mr Blunkett could take.
> > By far the most effective would be the curtailing of the complex
> > encryption terrorists use to protect their communications. Organisations
> > using encryption codes legitimately should be obliged to give the
> > electronic key to the appropriate police authority in advance.
> 
> I found the juxtaposition of the above with:
> 
>   The key question that must continue to be asked of Mr Blunkett is
>   whether constraining personal liberty and further extending the state
>   will improve our security by a shred.
> 
> quite odd.

Yes, I almost asked what was wrong with the article since it seemed to
be so sensible, then I noticed the offending paragraph!

Cheers,

Ben.

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