Letwin wants increased penalties for refusal to decrypt

[Graham]

On Friday 16 Aug 2002 11:49 pm, michael (ukcrypto list) wrote:

> Oliver Letwin:  [..]
> =20
>
>                 "At the moment, if encrypted material
>                 is discovered and the person who
>                 is held to be responsible for the
>                 encryption won't hand over the key,
>                 that's also not something that
>                 attracts a penalty as great as the
>                 material could attract.
> =20
>
>                 We want to provide a penalty which
>                 as serious as the encrypted material."
> =20
> =20
So, is it his position that encryption itself should be generally=20
unlawful, or that it should simply be unlawful not to give a police=20
officer the key?
--=20

Graham
GPG Key ID: E935DB9D