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BBC news spread Ranum's Law

------- Forwarded message follows ------- To: ukcrypto@chiark.greenend.org.uk Subject: BBC news spread Ranum's Law Date sent: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 19:14:36 +0100 (BST) From: lists@notatla.demon.co.uk Send reply to: ukcrypto@chiark.greenend.org.uk

Technology can't solve social problems.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1555000/1555981.stm

Experts are warning of the risk of relying on technology to help spot terrorists before they attack.

Everyone is outraged by the terrorist attacks, but that's no reason to suddenly abrogate our rights

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"We are all focusing on this as a very hi-tech war, whereas the terrorists are using very low-tech means," said Brian Gladman, former technical director at Nato, and now an advisor to the net thinktank the Foundation for Information Policy Research (Fipr).

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