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Article #1433Re: Why Encryption will Remain Legal
From: Mr S J Liddicott
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1992 10:01
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1992 10:01
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In article <1992Nov4.235802.919@qiclab.scn.rain.com> 70465.203@compuserve.com writes: >mjr@hussar.dco.dec.com (Marcus J. "Will do TCP/IP for clues" Ranum) writes: >>>4) The nature of encrypted data renders proof of criminal activity difficult. >>> How do you prove in court that a chunk of data is a message rather than >>> random noise [...] >For that matter, if I was the defendant, and I'd been using some sort of ... >*that*, they can just as easily get the original plaintext to use as >evidence. Or even, make up the plain text, calculate it's key and put it in you appartment, and 'FIND' it. -- *----------*-------------------------------------------------------------* | Sam Jam|"Never underestimate the importance of a cheap laugh"- | | Liddicott| phudl@csv.warwick.ac.uk | I WAS IN IDAHO | Plucky Duck TTA | *---------------It's a thing that makes me go hmmm...--------------------*
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!agate!doc.ic.ac.uk!uknet!warwick!warwick!not-for-mail From: phudl@csv.warwick.ac.uk (Mr S J Liddicott) Newsgroups: sci.crypt Subject: Re: Why Encryption will Remain Legal Message-ID: <1dlctiINN4vv@lily.csv.warwick.ac.uk> Date: 9 Nov 92 10:01:22 GMT References: <1992Oct28.223959.23206@netcom.com> <1992Oct29.023531.7191@decuac.dec.com> <1992Nov4.235802.919@qiclab.scn.rain.com> Organization: Computing Services, University of Warwick, UK Lines: 19 NNTP-Posting-Host: lily.csv.warwick.ac.uk