on Wed, Sep 26, 2001 at 08:16:56AM +0000, Ricardo Campos scribbled:

OK, my subject's a bit dramatic. But I think there are some serious issues relating to the new 'anti-terrorism' legislation, especially for those using SSH or *PGP. The UK RIP act is a favourite topic of mine, I'll spare you the rant, but you can check it out at:

http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/ripa/ripact.htm

or here (if you don't want to wade thru legal speak):

http://www.cyber-rights.org/

This page has perhaps the most information and general opinion about RIPA I have seen. http://www.fipr.org/rip/ It also demonstrates how much public outcry was simply ignored. (see the open letter and the list of people and organisations.)

Well, now the US is follwing suit with equally absurd legislation:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/21830.html

and a slightly more alarmist version:

http://lwn.net/2001/0913/

God bless ambiguous legislation! ;)

Recently: http://www.securityfocus.com/news/257 http://www.eff.org/Privacy/Surveillance/20010919_ata_bill.html http://cryptome.org/mata.htm (near the bottom there's a less-legalese analysis)

Section 502 is particularly amusing, considering the current Attorney General is the person trying to pass the bill..

Less recently: http://www.anti-dmca.org/

So much for "democracy", "freedom", etc.