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A Year Ago: Escrow time line draws fire from think-tank
News The government's decision to drop key escrow -- which would give law enforcement agencies access to data sent over the Internet -- leaves the e-commerce bill "a dead limb of an old policy which should be chopped off," according to Caspar Bowden...
[March 8, 2000, 6:02]
Escrow time line draws fire from think-tank
News The government's decision to drop key escrow -- which would give law enforcement agencies access to data sent over the Internet -- leaves the e-commerce bill "a dead limb of an old policy which should be chopped off," according to Caspar Bowden...
[March 8, 1999, 17:31]
UK government rejects key-escrow resurrection
News The Home Office has confirmed that it will not try to resurrect the key escrow debate in light of last week's terrorist attacks on America, but will continue with the enforcement of current encryption laws later this year.
[September 20, 2001, 12:55]
Leveraging Escrow Agreements to Safeguard Your Business From the Risks Associated With Software-as-a-Service
White Papers This paper will discuss a proven mechanism for addressing these concerns creating a technology escrow program to safeguard SaaS solutions. This paper will examine how technology escrow programs work, and how SaaS providers and customers alike have...
[July 13, 2007, 1:00]
BSI security code prompts criticism about key escrow
News Stefan Magdalinski, of Stand.org, said: "The imposition of Public Key Escrow schemes is both damaging to civil liberties, and places severe burdens (financial, and technical) on the implementation of viable e-commerce sites.
[July 21, 1999, 14:39]
THINKstrategies: Leveraging Escrow Agreements to Safeguard Your Business from the Risks Associated with SaaS
White Papers This white paper discusses a proven mechanism for addressing these concerns: creating a technology escrow program to safeguard SaaS solutions, and is a must-read for anyone who is currently engaged or plans to engage in an SaaS or ASP agreement.
[July 27, 2007, 12:16]
Aussie escrow service faked online
News The directors of escrow services provider Trade Secure are considering closing down the company after discovering that several fake Web sites are using the company logo and address and deceiving customers all over the world.
[July 21, 2004, 10:20]
Escrow time line draws fire from think-tank
News The government's decision last week to drop key escrow -- which would give law enforcement agencies access to data sent over the Internet -- leaves the e-commerce bill as a "dead limb of an old policy which should be chopped off," according to...
[March 8, 1999, 11:22]
UK government rejects key-escrow resurrection
Talkback I am trying to get in touch with someone in goverment. I have been told by Prime Lottery company that I won. The catch to that is that they want me to send them $600 US dollars, to open an account with ocanic offshore trust bank before they will...
[August 10, 2005, 20:12]
UK government rejects key-escrow resurrection
Talkback If it's too good to be true, it probably isn't true: there are LOADS of these advance fee cons, and you should report it to your local police or the FBI as soon as possible. Don't be taken in by this!
[August 12, 2005, 9:41]
UK government rejects key-escrow resurrection
Talkback The best one is the free cruise that I keep winning. This comes both via E-Mail or recordered phone message. The scam behind that one, like all US con companies, it is for 1 person only, you have to purchase other holiday places for at least 1...
[August 12, 2005, 13:23]
Aussie escrow service faked online
Talkback Bad news. We have to find ways of verifying fiduciaries. This can only hurt e-commerce, web development, and prosperity. For a scam like this, I find it hard to beleive that police cannot track down the perps since the fraud involves them somehow...
[July 21, 2004, 23:59]
E-commerce strategy could damage UK economy - report
News The House of Commons Trade and Industry Select Committee report, attacks the Department of Trade and Industry Bill on several fronts ranging from statutory licensing to key escrow and concludes that UK e-commerce has been "severely damaged" as a...
[May 19, 1999, 12:42]
RentACoder: eBay for contractors?
Talkback The money that the buyer intends to pay the coder is held in escrow to ensure they can't just disappear. If the arbitration finds that the project was not completed as per the requirements of the project and following the guidlines of the site to...
[June 16, 2006, 19:48]
Microsoft issues new RC of Vista SP2
Blog Service Pack 2 is now into its release candidate phase, and Redmond has made an "escrow" version (the name reminds me of dodgy eBay deals, but never mind) available to certain testers. We are excited to announce RC-Escrow build as the next...
[January 30, 2009, 11:52]
Fraud still troubling eBay users
News But the seller had actually hijacked a legitimate eBay member's account and set up a fake escrow service. After talking to the seller and getting a copy the car's title sent to him in advance, he wired the money to an escrow company -- and fell...
[July 1, 2002, 12:36]
Windows 2000 RC3 in final phase
News Combing through the code in RC3 (Release Candidate 3) before shipment to tier one beta testers, Microsoft has given itself two weeks to plug flaws and eradicate major bugs before it produces what it terms an "Escrow Build" and RC3 is released.
[October 8, 1999, 15:11]
Project Trawler: Cyber crime in the UK
News NCIS originally bet on key escrow to ensure the police had the powers they needed to decrypt digital information in criminal investigations. Thwarted by opposition from civil liberties organisations the government was forced to drop key escrow from...
[June 22, 1999, 17:05]
Government's e-commerce strategy under attack
News Key escrow -- which would have forced companies to store encryption keys with a third party -- was dropped after complaints from privacy groups and businesses who were worried it would hobble e-commerce in the UK.
[May 18, 1999, 11:38]
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]
