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.

wg