A dead duck? (Was RIP s22 notices SI)

Roland Perry roland at linx.net
Wed, 19 Jun 2002 11:18:16 +0100


In message <20020618165959.B76606@colon.colondot.net>, Matthew 
Byng-Maddick <ukcrypto@lists.colondot.net> writes

>As it is, the authority needed to snoop on the content is much
>reduced by RIPA2000, which is not a good thing.

You allude to this a couple of times. But RIPA's regime is as close to 
the former IOCA as one could devise. Even the stuff about PACE Warrants 
for communications on servers is there *because* it's the same as before 
(not that mending that wasn't a missed opportunity).
-- 
Roland Perry