> >Declan forwarded:
> >> 3:00 a.m. 16.Feb.2000 PST
> >> DUBLIN, Ireland -- Britain is likely to
> >> become the first country in the world to
> >> make imprisonment a possible
> >> consequence of refusing to surrender, or
> >> even losing, one's private encryption
> >> keys.
> >You know, it would be most unfortunate if some anonymous swine
> generated PGP
> >Keys or even S/MINE keys for all the ministers, MPs, major administrators
> >and sub officials in Britain and submitted them to various key servers.
> >Luckily, that would take a great deal of effort and script
> writing talent.
> >I'm sure no swine on this list would be so inclined or possess
> the requisite
> >talent.
> >
> >
>
> Done at least six months ago by http://www.stand.org.uk/
No, it was not "done." A single key was generated in Jack Straw's name as a
publicity stunt/pro-active attempt at persuasion.
Not at all what I am talking about. But then again, I've never been
disappointed (with noted exceptions) by the inability to read displayed by
the masses of this list.
