New UK crypto law and an idea on how to defeat it

[Rodrigo Bernardo Pimentel]

        (I'm not familiar with UK crypto laws, except for what I read on the
Net).

On Wed, Dec 01 1999 at 04:55:28pm +0000, Sean Rima wrote:
> My personal view is that such a bill may not happen. But if it does, it will
> be mainly used for Organised Crime and Pedophile and not against the
> average person on the street.
        Does the bill state that it won't be used against the average person
on the street, but only for organised crima and pedophile? If it does, it
requires proof of the crime before it can be used, which would make it less
than necessary (useful, maybe, in some cases).
        If it doesn't (which I believe is the case), then how can we
possibly know? We can trust law enforcement, at the most. But that's not
something I imagine "crypto-aware" people would do in good will...
        In short, that's what they say, not necessarily what they'll do. We
shouldn't depend on that when divising means to protect our privacy.



                rbp

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