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Irish take different crypto-approach from their neighbor

------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date sent: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 09:28:00 -0500 To: cryptography@c2.net From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com> Subject: Irish take different crypto-approach from their neighbor Copies to: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net

http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,34350,00.html

Irish, UK Crypto Regs Far Apart by Karlin Lillington (declan@wired.com)

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.

At the same time, neighboring Ireland is preparing legislation that would make it the first country to prohibit law enforcement from forcing encryption users to hand over their private keys.

The new British law also would compel Internet service providers to build in "reasonable interception capabilities" to networks and could force ISPs to hand over data traffic information -- email destinations, Web site visits, IP names -- to law enforcement without a search warrant. It includes provisions for listening in on mobile and satellite phone calls, intercepting pager messages, and bugging office switchboards.

The topsy-turvy state of affairs is emblematic of the approach of the two countries to electronic commerce legislation.

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