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In article <Bxs7Gu.9xx@wimsey.bc.ca> sl@wimsey.bc.ca (Stuart Lynne) writes:
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>On the other hand it seems that other elements of encryption might be of
>interest to the same goverment agencies. Digital signatures are good
>evidence of authorship. If they where required on all electronic
>transactions it becomes easier for them to follow the audit trail. No
>sense in claiming that a record didn't originate from you if it was signed
>with your digital signature.
>
>Secure and protected communications can be a benefit to the government as well
>as the rest of us.



Exactly.

Before anyone can claim that a digital signature is mine, they need to
refute my potential claim that someone else had access to it.

If they have forced me to register my private key in a registry someplace
where some criminal might have broken in and stolen it, then they
can not prove my authorship beyond a reasonable doubt.

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