Data Retention Categories - GSM/3G secret session keys ?
Ian G Batten
I.G.Batten at ftel.co.uk
Fri, 14 Mar 2003 11:43:59 +0000
On Fri, 14 Mar 2003, Roland Perry wrote:
> In message <20030313192703.30ed6765.bdm@fenrir.org.uk>, Brian Morrison
> <bdm@fenrir.org.uk> writes
> >Sounds ideal for GCHQ and others, that way they need only record the RF
> >signals and store them
>
> But that needs a warrant too. This key stuff isn't a loophole.
It's widely claimed that NSA provide intercepts of UK citizens without
warrants to GCHQ under the UK-USA agreement, and vice versa. Being able
to seize keys to match to such material is quite a handy power if it's
true.
ian