RIPA Part III

[Peter Fairbrother]

Roland Perry wrote:

> In article <C0B84589.CC79F%zenadsl6186@zen.co.uk>, Peter Fairbrother
> <zenadsl6186@zen.co.uk> writes
>> 
>>> The crypto war was still in full swing in 1996 and was only finally won
>>> internationally in 1999 after the Wassenaar restrictions on cryptography
>>> collapsed.
>> 
>> The crypto war continues to this day - or what do you think Part III of RIPA
>> is all about?
> 
> Different war.

How so? 

The first battle was about using crypto at all, the second about escrow, the
third is now about demands for keys.

>From the government point of view, all are about preventing their citizens
from being able to keep secrets from governments by the use of crytography.
That hasn't changed. They are still fighting the same old war.

Governments have always wanted to be able to see their citizens' encrypted
secrets. That doesn't mean we should let them.


-- 
Peter Fairbrother