/. [British Police Demand Access To Encryption Keys]

[Eugen Leitl]

Link: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/07/22/178227
Posted by: Zonk, on 2005-07-22 18:14:00

   from the among-other-things dept.
   flip-flop writes "In the wake of recent terrorist attacks, police here
   in the UK [1]have asked for sweeping new powers they claim will help
   them counter the threat. Among these is making it a criminal offense
   for people to refuse disclosing their encryption keys when the police
   want to access someone's files." From the article: "The most
   controversial of the police proposals is the demand to be able to hold
   without charge a terrorist suspect for three months instead of 14
   days. An Acpo spokesman said the complexity and scale of
   counter-terrorist operations means the 14-day maximum is often
   insufficient."

References

   1. http://www.guardian.co.uk/attackonlondon/story/0,16132,1533917,00.html

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