Btw, a report from the New Zealand Herald ( 1997-07-21 ) says that New Zealand's secret facility of Waihopai ( believed to be part of Echelon ) was being upgraded to be able to monitor an increasing volume of telecommunications on the Pacific. Even more interesting is that the NZ's Crimes Act was being modified to allow the interception of "private oral communications" ( phone calls ) of foreign states, organizations and individuals. The report : http://www.magnet.ch/serendipity/hermetic/crypto/echelon/nzh1.htm -vbs
... I'm much more concerned about the Echelon system which was (finally) reported in the Sunday Telegraph just before Xmas. This system, it is alleged, can intercept and look for keywords in ALL international comms traffic. I believe this also gets a mention in the Europarliament report.
Vote early and often for freely available strong encryption!! (whatever JR mutters about 'doing him out of his livelihood' :=) ) ... Key escrow is another example of complete bollocks, IMHO. ...