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IT think tank opens doors to supporters
News Anderson cited key escrow as an example -- the government's failed initiative to set up a national repository for keys to all data that is encrypted in the country. When the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 was passing through parliament...
[March 27, 2002, 11:54]
RentACoder: eBay for contractors?
News Once a buyer accepts a bid, he or she is required to deposit the agreed-upon payment with RentACoder, which keeps the funds in an escrow account so there will be no payment issues when the job is completed.
[October 8, 2002, 10:09]
Crypto controls to cost U.S. citizens $7.7bn
News The FBI has proposed a system known in the industry as ‘key escrow'. The total cost of the kind of key escrow encryption system envisioned by the U.S.government is $7.7 billion a year and $38.5 billion over five years," the Business Software...
[June 11, 1998, 14:23]
Microsoft loses appeal in Office patent spat
News The appeals court said it would let the lower court decide how much, if any, of escrow funds should go to Amado. Morrison & Foerster said it is hoping that the federal court will award Amado further damages for continuing infringement, out of an...
[June 19, 2006, 9:50]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog The top level of government want key escrow, everyone else says 'nonsense' and there's a degree of sulking on both sides. Hence the nonsense over key escrow. But it does shed some light on the curious business of key escrow.
[February 19, 1999, 19:18]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
News The top level of government want key escrow, everyone else says 'nonsense' and there's a degree of sulking on both sides. Hence the nonsense over key escrow. But it does shed some light on the curious business of key escrow.
[February 19, 1999, 19:18]
ZDNet UK News interviews e-Minister Patricia Hewitt
News The centrepiece of government policy, the old e-commerce bill, was being criticised for its heavy-handed insistence on key escrow -- where e-traders would be forced to lodge encryption keys with a trusted third party.
[February 18, 2000, 8:50]
Tony Blair warns Britain's business
News The Prime Minister admitted government e-commerce policy had been "too slow" and accepted that the controversial key escrow plans -- where businesses would be forced to give law enforcement agencies access to decryption keys -- had been a mistake.
[September 13, 1999, 16:32]
A Year Ago: Tony Blair warns Britain's business
News The Prime Minister admitted government e-commerce policy had been "too slow" and accepted that the controversial key escrow plans -- where businesses would be forced to give law enforcement agencies access to decryption keys -- had been a mistake.
[September 13, 2000, 7:01]
Government to create 'snoop unit'
News Key escrow -- in which decryption keys are lodged with a trusted third party to give law enforcers immediate access to data -- was dropped from the ecommerce bill industry and privacy pressure group following outrage.
[September 7, 1999, 10:49]
Americans support a ban on 'uncrackable' encryption
News Privacy groups are concerned that Britain's enthusiasm for a unilateral global approach towards surveillance could re-energise the key escrow debate. Key escrow is a controversial mechanism whereby individuals and businesses must lodge a decryption...
[September 18, 2001, 14:57]
Encryption crackdown looms
News The US government proposal attempted to escrow these keys separately with the NIST and the Department of Treasury, on the basis that they could be combined under a court order to decrypt a transmission -- but the plan was unsuccessful.
[September 14, 2001, 16:53]
Skype deal averts shutdown, allows sale
News According to Rob Cotton, the chief executive of software escrow provider NCC Group, eBay and Silver Lake now find themselves in an uncomfortable position, due to eBay's oversight in buying Skype without ensuring it would also receive the core P2P...
[November 6, 2009, 14:49]
Straw blames 'naive' libertarians for weak encryption laws
News Any suggestion that the government would escrow only in the financial sector would lead to a political storm," said Bowden. It would be extremely ironic, since in the mid 90s, the financial sector was always the first to be exempt in the relaxation...
[October 2, 2001, 17:40]
eBay battles consumer rights magazine
News Use secure payment systems such as PayPal or, for expensive purchases, use an escrow service.eBay's recommended list of escrow companies is available here. eBay has hit back at claims from consumer magazine Computing Which?
[February 28, 2006, 9:25]
BlackBerry case awaits verdict
News NTP would lose the right to seek future damages, but it could collect the almost $250m currently sitting in escrow without having to pay it back later. Spencer also increased the damages awarded by a jury as a result of misconduct by RIM's lawyers...
[February 27, 2006, 8:10]
Australia won't disclose stance on encryption
News What we might see though is mandatory key escrow, where users are required to lodge their decryption keys with a government agency, to be made accessible to law enforcement when a warrant is granted," Shiels said, bringing into the debate the fact...
[September 21, 2001, 10:32]
Credit cards pushing e-currency out of the picture
News Their efforts may be putting a dent in the plans of companies like eCash and escrow services like Escrow.com and I-Escrow.com to carve out a niche in that multitrillion-dollar opportunity. I don't get the sense that alternative currencies on the...
[December 13, 2000, 10:59]
Government accused of hidden e-commerce agenda
News In May the Committee slammed the then e-commerce bill as a "damaging and embarrassing failure" and described the key escrow policy as a "blind alley". Key escrow -- where e-commerce firms would be forced to lodge decryption keys with a third party...
[November 4, 1999, 12:16]
News Burst: Major security flaw in PGP
News The problem reportedly arose from the inclusion of a key escrow feature added to PGP by Network Associates. A security flaw has been discovered in the latest versions of the PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) email encryption software.
[August 25, 2000, 12:07]
