Interesting idea. I could go to the UK and hijack all of their end-to-end communication easily? Sounds like a fair deal to me.
EDIT: In fact, I wouldn't even need to go there
Petition UK government to not ban encryption
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Re: Petition UK government to not ban encryption
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Says somebody with a technical understanding of encryption. The problem is there's a lack of understanding in this area and the headlines play well to the media. I think this is important and have emailed two friends (a doctor and a lawyer) to ask them to sign it. I described it as: 'It may be similar to how you feel when you watch a B movie lawyer or doctor "making a professional decision". The only difference being…
Ban modular arithmetic! Down with modulus!
Mathematics are DANGEROUS!
Re: Petition UK government to not ban encryption
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> I expect the language to be broad and the enforcement narrow. That's the worst kind of law - you can be locked up at a prosecutors whim. In the UK, it's already illegal not to disclose the key to an encrypted file.
Well, kinda. A RIPA s.49 notice can be defeated with s.53 defenses. Some people have failed to pass the test of "reasonable doubt" for s.53 (3) / (4) defenses e.g. ( http://www.alphr.com/news/361693/teenager-jailed-for-refusin... ) but in other cases they have succeeded (e.g. Lauri Love had his hdd's taken and the NCA couldn't decrypt them but had to release him on bail; http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-3…
NB: Lauri is now facing three parallel extradition request to the USA as an indirect consequence of failure to comply with a court order to facilitate decryption.
This is not ideal, but will probably fail, hopefully with some precedent set.
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