Key escrow in the UK

[Ben Finney]

On 28-Jul-2005, Jeremiah Foster wrote:
> Now there are public calls by the Police to allow them to engage in
> key escrow so that when they have to break into a computer they have
> the private key and do not have to use brute force or whatever
> method they currently use, (is there any other method?)

Bruce Schneier raises more concerns in this particular case:

    <URL:http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2005/07/uk_police_and_e.html>

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Ben Finney <ben at benfinney.id.au>
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