On Wed, Nov 07, 2007 at 06:43:02AM -0600, J.A. Terranson wrote:
Hushmail and DEA have an "MLAT" ("Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty")???
Wow.
Sweet syphillitic Jeebus! I have *got* to stop glossing over the stuff in comp.encryption.general. I saw a bunch of items on this go by, but didn't see the MLAT mentioned in the headlines. (maybe RSS isn't all that great?) Note that the MLAT is actually between the US and Canada, and according to http://travel.state.gov/law/info/judicial/judicial_690.html, it's been in effect since Jan. 24, 1990. So while Hushmail is pwned, it's pwned by Canada, which is in turn pwned by the US. But then, a difference which makes no difference isn't really a difference. I'm just glad I never used/trusted Hush. -- Roy M. Silvernail is roy@rant-central.com, and you're not "A desperate disease requires a dangerous remedy." - Guy Fawkes http://www.rant-central.com