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

[Sean Rima]

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Hi Brian!

On Wed, 01 Dec 1999, Brian Galbraith 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.
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> I live in the UK, and have spoken to a few police officers about this. I
> have been told that the use of encryption leads to suspicion of these very
> things. I have also been told that if I had nothing to hide, I would have
> no interest in encryption.

So do I and I used to work for a police service as a Civilian support
worker. So I know what you say is true. The average police man cannot
understand nor wishes to understand why the average person would use any
form of encryption.

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> >  The only way to defeat such a bill, should it happen, would be to
> >  propagate widespread public use of crypto. Now, let them try to
> >  lock up one millon. Or five million.
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> Exactly.
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Maybe we should start a campaign :)

Sean

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