RIP and children (It's all Ross Anderson's Fault)

[Peter Gutmann]

Ian G Batten <I.G.Batten@ftel.co.uk> writes:

>But I'm set to thinking on the implications of children under ten holding
>crypto keys.  Given my children are, as one would probably expect of the
>children of geeks, reasonably adept with computers, this new interest in
>crypto might make for an interesting RIP case: what happens if the encryption
>keys are held by someone who is below the age of criminal responsibility?

Some nice Social Welfare people come along and remove your child into safe
custody away from your corrupting influence.  Eight years later your daughter
is on the UK equivalent of Oprah telling everyone how she suffered ritual
satanic sexual abuse by you as a child.

That's not a gamble I'd want to take.

Peter.