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Re: [FYI] BUILDING CONFIDENCE IN ELECTRONIC COMMERCE
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- Subject: Re: [FYI] BUILDING CONFIDENCE IN ELECTRONIC COMMERCE
- From: lutz@taranis.iks-jena.de (Lutz Donnerhacke)
- Date: 16 Mar 1999 09:00:49 GMT
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* Axel H. Horns wrote:
>Government consults on proposals to make UK best place to trade
>electronically
vs.
>Jack Straw said:
>
>"Cryptography has an important contribution to make in the successful
>development of electronic commerce.
>
>"Alongside this, the Government also has a fundamental responsibility
>to protect the public. Encryption is already being used by drug
>traffickers, terrorists and paedophiles. We must ensure that vital law
>enforcement powers keep pace with this new technology.
>
>"We are therefore announcing today proposals for lawful access to
>encryption keys.
ist Blödzinn.