Extract ...The EFAis particularly concerned about provisions which authorize law enforcement officers to ask individuals to provide keys to encrypted data. Mr Taylor said the Cybercrime Act was contrary to the common law privilege against self-incrimination. "One of the major concerns with that is that you may not have access to the encryption keys or you have simply forgotten it." Senator Ellison said the new law was consistent with the recommendations of the Council of Europe and would ensure Australia was leading the effort against cyber terrorism. From http://theage.com.au/news/national/2001/12/21/FFXXLRFUGVC.html "If "the law" is used to protect government-employed criminals, then the law is wrong and we should disregard that portion of it. . Government agents must, therefore, expect to be accountable to the citizens, while accountability in the other direction is virtually the definition of tyranny." professor rat.