RIPA Part III

[Owen Lewis]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukcrypto-admin@chiark.greenend.org.uk
> [mailto:ukcrypto-admin@chiark.greenend.org.uk]On Behalf Of Ian G Batten
> Sent: 16 June 2006 15:04
> To: ukcrypto@chiark.greenend.org.uk
> Subject: Re: RIPA Part III
>
>
>
> On 16 Jun 2006, at 13:27, Roland Perry wrote:
> >
> > We accept the testing (for drink driving) of people who have put
> > themselves under suspicion by committing some sort of moving
> > traffic offence. So is it okay to demand the keys to examine
> > further the PC of someone who has put themselves under suspicion by
> > having a small amount of unencrypted illegal imagery discovered there?
>
>
> I hate it when I am so transparent that my next rhetorical move is
> telegraphed so clearly.
>
> The basic principle (`you have a right of privacy until you do
> something suspicious, at which point you lose all right of privacy')
> is superficially tempting.  However, you would rapidly hit the point
> where a parking offence is ground for search and seizure of
> everything you own.  This principle has been adopted by the Home
> Office already: arrest (not even charging, never mind conviction) for
> any offence is now sufficient grounds for holding samples on the DNA
> database.

Hence, I suggest, that there should be set tests for proportionality in the
use of the powers.

Owen