Data Handling Procedures in Government: Interim Progress Report

[Dave Howe]

David Hansen wrote:
> On 20 Jan 2008 at 11:32, Dave Howe wrote:
> 
>>    Making sure inter-city "internal mail" CD-R full of data are 
>> encrypted would take a little more work, but only a little. I think it 
>> is more likely to be due to the discouragement of encryption in general 
>> by governments in power, than any real lack of understanding of how easy 
>> it all is, that is responsible for this mess...
> 
> I think the discouragement was by those who pull governments' strings, 
> officials. If party politicians are unable to see through officials 
> when they are providing the wrong advice then we end up with things 
> like RIP.

I said governments in power. I didn't necessarily mean the elected 
elements of such governments :)