17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
BONN, Germany (Reuter) -- A German cabinet minister called Monday for increased efforts to fight crime on the Internet and demanded that cyber-sheriffs have keys to unlock coded messages. Interior Minister Manfred Kanther told a conference .....
So clearly the government disagrees.
Fortunately, it is not that clear. The FDP (the smaller party in the government coalition) sent out an angry press release today, pointing out that Kanther's plan will not be supported by a majority neither in the cabinet nor in the Bundestag, and demanding that he stops to damage the government's reputation. Also see my previous message about the FDP policy at http://infinity.nus.sg/cypherpunks/dir.archive-97.04.17-97.04.23/0087.html