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From: James Morton-Robertson
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, July 28, 2000 12:00 PM
Subject: [Freenet-chat] Freedom of Secrecy
The British government passed a new Act of Parliament today at 1700 hrs,
GMT, 28 July 2000 in which ISP's are required to fit interception devices to
allow the Secret Services and other UK government departments to intercept
and read e-nails. If emails are encrypted, the authorities may demand the
key from the originator on pain of 5 years jail for informing anyone else
that this demand has been made (ie. your IT Manager may not tell his
directors!!!) Refusing to hand a key over is another 2 years in jail.
It's happening here in the UK. The Napster case is a mere hiccup compared
to this.
James M-R
