Blackey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>"
> The Bill means the UK government - specifically the Home Office and
> Home Secretary Jack Straw - can demand encryption keys to any and all
> data communications, with a prison sentence of two years for those who
> do not comply with the order.
>
>(source "http://uk.news.yahoo.com/000728/101/aedvu.html")"
Yow. Well, you could always move to a free country. Luckily, one's
already been set up for you. :-)
>Most email transmitted now doesn't require PGP protection, (or warrant it). I
>know that with the amount of email I get in a day, I wouldn't want the
>extra overhead of having to decrypt it all.
Ah, but if you only encrypt the stuff that needs to be encrypted,
you're waving a red flag and saying "Hey, look! I've got something to
hide!" Better to encrypt everything you can and keep the spooks
guessing.
The overhead should be acceptable with modern hardware--and well worth
it to preserve your privacy.
-Dave
