David Davis' Resignation and fight over civil liberty
Wendy M. Grossman
ukcrypto at chiark.greenend.org.uk
Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:19:11 +0100
PeteM wrote:
> James Cox wrote on 12-06-08 13:48:
>>
>> PS: Apologies for anyone who is offended by this- but i'm fired up by
>> this! :)
>
> I don't think there can be any objection. The matter is very much
> on-topic, since the police's alleged need to decrypt documents found on
> a suspect's computer is regularly trotted out to justify any proposal
> for extended detention.
>
So it's *our* fault - because we campaigned against key escrow. See, and
if they'd gotten that then everyone's civil liberties could have been
protected.
That's such a good argument I'm surprised they didn't make it at the time.
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