[Sheflug] The Encryption Advert ( was Re: SUID bit - how do I set it?)

[Richard <nospam [at] sheflug.co.uk>]

Alex

Alex Hudson wrote:
 
> And the answer is.. no, it isn't worth it. RIP is a particularly ill
> thought-out bill, IMO, and essentially says, 'yep, you have no privacy'.
> Although, there possibly are ways around it - from what I've read, it seems
> that all it asks is that you voluntarily give up your private keys. That's
> not great, obviously, but this begs the question: what happens if you are
> *unable* to give up your private keys? There are systems out there which are
> 'black-box' like, and tend not to give up their private keys easily. I'm not
> sure how the law would interpret that - any thoughts?

I've been having some longish conversations with people about this. 
One of the conversations went along the lines that someone who was
reasonably honest would have to stand up before a judge before
something solid came to light or was decided.  If the person involved
was in any way dishonest then they wouldn't last too long.

Others go along the lines of "they can stuff". So, where you go from
here I don't know ?

Since you are in the unhappy position of being an IT professional then
we have to assume that there are those days when you do squirm around
in your own chair a bit and don't feel too good ?

One of the things I've wondered about for a long time goes like this. 
Suppose you are a domestic dialup user of the internet what then ?  I
know that the British legal system tries to go out of its way to
protect innocent or honest people who are caught up in domestic
circumstances that may not be something of their doing.

I think by this I mean that the Police would have to go to extreme
lengths to get hold of the keys of a personal user who has done
nothing more than point and click on his or her favourite software.

The commercial and academic sides of all of this are completely
different.  But, here again we have to look towards a judgement.  Such
a judgement may not come from the County Court ?

Thanks

-- 
Richard
Sheffield UK

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