Re: Data Privacy Laws
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Ulf =?ISO-8859-1?Q?M=F6ller?= (3umoelle@informatik.uni-hamburg.de) wrote:
It is worth noting that the "Data Privacy Commissioners" in Germany (equivalent to the British Data Protection Registrar) are beginning to advocate technologies such as anonymous e-cash, pre-paid chipcards, pseudonyms, and of course encryption, rather than more laws.
But according to alt.security.pgp (4/28/97): 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 ....."The technical and organizational competence of agencies charged with fighting computer crime must be strengthened." "The criminals are hiding in the anonymity of the networks, wiping their electronic tracks." Kanther said. So clearly the government disagrees. -- HP -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 Charset: noconv iQDzAwUBM2dBN7mgWaN4MfkFAQGN2gbwkqnKKh5GpM79icxPEiybj//h46tWIZGc Wn4eOrQZ2WKtCvAmR+vHR8/jKAV+MbcR4NKovfxNxN9aA0iyWu/AW+5lWyMyXenr 01zx+MmNFR6HG7ESXikiNMiyJyXL3iKCF3vP5lrQlZaa82sQSRauAqBuu0JahFO2 qmfPO+/bmvKI8BQS/NEIbut+U8O7rOKddsdIWzQ4FanM1q+cb9C7aV6/Fvk7yTeK IuTCyI5oTi4GLBCZ5fqwDscHp1V0HlsU7WXcC7d4t04EisyQSoFEnEgZp8j1M+JP MNfnJIx2 =//r6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- In <19970430143414.10988.qmail@nym.alias.net>, on 04/30/97 at 02:34 PM, Hodge Podge <hodgepodge@nym.alias.net> said:
Ulf =?ISO-8859-1?Q?M=F6ller?= (3umoelle@informatik.uni-hamburg.de) wrote:
It is worth noting that the "Data Privacy Commissioners" in Germany (equivalent to the British Data Protection Registrar) are beginning to advocate technologies such as anonymous e-cash, pre-paid chipcards, pseudonyms, and of course encryption, rather than more laws.
But according to alt.security.pgp (4/28/97):
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 ....."The technical and organizational competence of agencies charged with fighting computer crime must be strengthened." "The criminals are hiding in the anonymity of the networks, wiping their electronic tracks." Kanther said.
So clearly the government disagrees.
Actually they probably do not dissagree. I am sure that the German Government will come to agreement that "anonymity" only means anonymity from civilians not anonymity from government. I am sure that the "Data Privacy Commissioners" & the Interior Dept. will be in agrement solong as everything is properly GAKed. :( - -- - ----------------------------------------------------------- William H. Geiger III http://www.amaranth.com/~whgiii Geiger Consulting Cooking With Warp 4.0 Author of E-Secure - PGP Front End for MR/2 Ice PGP & MR/2 the only way for secure e-mail. Finger whgiii@amaranth.com for PGP Key and other info - ----------------------------------------------------------- Tag-O-Matic: I don't do Windows, but OS/2 does. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 Comment: Registered User E-Secure v1.1 ES000000 iQCVAwUBM2dyro9Co1n+aLhhAQE/ogP/Sz+58qVpKFBz5hiOFea91rOEw+yQln3R ehB1Ch5szlNkRVoiJa+4/a/CzCFklFK9VkIrkpXQ50zywo8ytdhl0JNvaaGoH+6C P30b/DaOsRksM5hsPIThh9Vj5ykUP5ZlTu8aJyEFg7dzc5weS+X2yWDIkX3wJlhK n5mZwX6a0uU= =dIe4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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
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