Actually it is not about proposed laws. It is about an initiative to create such proposals. But the subject of my message was long enough:
http://www.haaretz.co.il/hasite/pages/ShArtPE.jhtml?itemNo=206232 (Free registration, is required. Unless you disable javascript, that is) One note: people there seem to be quite clueless regarding the distribution of encryption technologies: The legitlators accept the position of the Security Forces according to which "limiting the use of encryption and limiting the distribution of sophisticated security systems will help the defense organizations to intercept messages containing information that can lead to to the circumvention of terrorist acts. On the other hand, giving encryption technologies to terrorists will increase the number of casualties in crimes that can't be prevented. Anybody else senses here a cheap use of the terror (in greek: fear) threat? And what about technologies that are already available to the public (e.g: the american legislation regarding open-source (?) encryption technologies)? -- Tzafrir Cohen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.technion.ac.il/~tzafrir ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
