Story: Police want power to seize encryption keys
Posted by: Ron B. (Friday 18 August 2006, 6:34 AM)
In answer to Arthur B.'s suggestion that those "savvy" enough to use encryption would also use steganography to hide their guilty secrets. Actually, if the forensics folks are already looking at a suspicious computer, it is far easier to find hidden files then to decrypt them if properly encrypted.
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So, if the cops know that there is something on my computer that they are interested in, it is fairly easy to find the "hidden" files. As far as we know. no one has "broken" public key encryption.
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Story: Police want power to seize encryption keys
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Encryption keys are _public_ . This won't help th... Ron B. -
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That's an interesting point, thanks.... Graeme Wearden -
The police want powers seize encryption keys; why... Anonymous
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The whole question of encryption needs rethinking.... Anonymous
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Perhaps it is time that civil servants like Simon... Chris Goodman
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All they have to do is talk to matey boy gates you... pete
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So we are to believe that terrorists, paedophiles... Arthur B.
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Why can't there be more people like Arthur B.... Anonymous
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It seems as though the law and ever... Myles
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I believe some years ago some Israe... Arthur B.
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Nope. The police can't say hidden data is relevant... Arthur B.
