A decision on Lord Bassam's doormat!

[Charles Lindsey]

> Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 16:22:42 +0100
> To: UKcrypto@chiark.greenend.org.uk
> From: Richard Clayton <richard@highwayman.com>
> Subject: A decision on Lord Bassam's doormat!
> List-Id: UK Cryptography Policy Discussion Group 
<ukcrypto.chiark.greenend.org.uk>
> 
> 
> The Code of Practice for the RIP Act 2000 Part I Chapter I  (that's the
> "interception" part of the Act) has now been laid before Parliament.
> 
> Text at:
> 
>         http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/ripa/ioccop.htm
> 
> and it seems that Lord Bassam's doormat is in fact being looked after by
> the ISPs...
> 

Yes, I think we have known all along that was the case (PACE is the law,
and the power is clearly in it). So no surprises really.

But if it is encrytped during that storage (whether by the sender of by
the ISP), then PACE alone will not be much help.

How about ISPs automatically encrypting messages in the POP3 box to a
public key kindly provided by the owner of the box?

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