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Surveillance and security news archive
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E-Spying Bill Called 'Escrow By Intimidation'
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10 February 2000
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'The British government published a bill Thursday to update law enforcement's interception powers to include communications made via company networks and ISPs. The legislation was immediately slammed as threatening human rights and labelled "key escrow through intimidation" by Internet think tank the Foundation For Information Policy Research (FIPR). Key escrow is a failed policy by which users of encryption software lodge copies of security keys with third parties approved by government.' link
Posted by SteveC at 02:25 PM Thu 10 Feb 2000
Categories:
Human Rights
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