BBC report on 'smashed' paedophile ring - encryption features heavily

[James Tapper]

on 21/3/02 7:47 am, ukcrypto-admin@chiark.greenend.org.uk at
ukcrypto-admin@chiark.greenend.org.uk wrote:

> http://news.bbc.co.uk/low/english/uk/newsid_1883000/1883630.stm


I spoke to DS Deats yesterday when I was following up the story for National
News, a London-based agency. He was adamant that the encryption software
these two used was commonly available - ie at the low end of the scale. He
also was very keen to point out that the new National Hi-tech Crime Unit was
not opposed to encryption. Without checking my notes, I recall that he said
there were lots/dozens/hundreds of legitimate uses for encryption software.

James Tapper