"Cybersecurity" - an investigation into cryptography, the Internet, civil rights, Phil Zimmermann, PGP (and should we be permitted to use it?) and so forth.
[My wife] and I watched this program - she found it very informative - otherwise for me it wasn't anything new, other than to see Whitfield Diffie, Phil Zimmermann and some porn star Cyberella being interviewed about public/private key encryption. It was very much on the side of those seeking privacy, presenting the government (even in the UK they are looking at mandatory key escrow, but they haven't exactly told British subjects about it) as being underhand, sneaking around to find ways of removing the privacy of the individual. What they didn't say is that the debate is a moot point. The technology is out there and there ain't nothin' the guvmint can do about it. Derek
It was very much on the side of those seeking privacy, presenting the government (even in the UK they are looking at mandatory key escrow, but they haven't exactly told British subjects about it) as being underhand, sneaking around to find ways of removing the privacy of the individual.
The UK government looks at many things. Just because the US govt wants to do something daft and the UK wants to watch does not mean the UK wants to emulate it. The UK laabour party is opposed to key escrow "we do not accept the "clipper chip" argument". The Tories have less than half the level of popular support and are barely recognisable as a government. Phill
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