tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post8865703121103455940..comments2024-02-13T03:59:13.635+00:00Comments on Eat Electric Death: RIPA - write to your MP! [Lurks]Slimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02020308502156946280noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-50293591403664448132002-06-18T16:56:00.010+01:002002-06-18T16:56:00.010+01:00Oh my, it looks like the backlash against the RIPA...Oh my, it looks like the backlash against the RIPA amendments has begun. The BBC is reporting that Plans to extend surveillance of e-mail and telephone records have been postponed at the last minute amid growing concern from MPs about the invasion of privacy. Result! It gets better! Now the BBC is reporting that The UK home secretary admits he made a mistake over plans to increase access to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-898153180643058672002-06-18T16:56:00.009+01:002002-06-18T16:56:00.009+01:00To be honest.. in this day and age, e-mail encypti...To be honest.. in this day and age, e-mail encyption shouldn't just be for the paranoid and people with 'dubious' hobbies.. If your using it to send mission critical confidental information, then your mad not to make use of some form of encryption. Hackers and rogue admins can easily place filters on mailq's to pluck out interesting bits of unencrypted info, and although the general Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-40466674307539813212002-06-18T16:56:00.008+01:002002-06-18T16:56:00.008+01:00I never said a thing about criminalising crypto. M...I never said a thing about criminalising crypto. My point is that these stupid amendments to RIPA will mean that ALL of us will encrypt our e-mail. This makes it easy for stupid criminals to encrypt stuff in the longer term. I thought I'd covered this well enough already...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-19574679908932020852002-06-18T16:56:00.007+01:002002-06-18T16:56:00.007+01:00I'm currently involved in a cursory examination of...I'm currently involved in a cursory examination of the RIP act amendment and how it will affect business communication via email - currently we don't have in place any system to secure communications which usually involve highly classified commerical data, yet this 'access for pretty much whoever fucking wants it' is slightly worrying.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-47107853989293207162002-06-18T16:56:00.006+01:002002-06-18T16:56:00.006+01:00To be fair, crypto has applications for normal cit...To be fair, crypto has applications for normal citizens who aren't criminals - in terms of simple internet security, protecting commercially sensitive information and so on. I don't think that criminalising crypto is the way forward - you might as well try to criminalise envelopes and insist that everyone writes all their letters on postcards so they can be easily read by all and sundry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-10914375061877298462002-06-18T16:56:00.005+01:002002-06-18T16:56:00.005+01:00Yes, you need to hand over your keys on demand. Bu...Yes, you need to hand over your keys on demand. But then if you're a paedo the penalty for not handing over your keys is far far far less than what you'd get for handing them over. The problem with this legislation is that everyone will use crypto, mechanisms to use crypto and to aid anonmity etc will become common place so that casual/stupid criminals get access to it. The government should Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-56854060995197540912002-06-18T16:56:00.004+01:002002-06-18T16:56:00.004+01:00RIPA is one of the issues that really worries me -...RIPA is one of the issues that really worries me - I just don't believe in giving governments powers like that without strict guidelines for their usage, just a vague assurance that they'll only be used to catch the bad guys. This RIPA crap is unbelievable - gross intrusion into personal privacy, massively damaging to Britain as a 'new economy' centre... What kinds of crack are our elected rulersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-42132409449615505422002-06-18T16:56:00.003+01:002002-06-18T16:56:00.003+01:00it is poorly thought out and it does harm the UK r...it is poorly thought out and it does harm the UK relative to the rest of the world. Which is why it's important. Sometimes you can't sit back and just let the government do this shit. It's not about anyone really wanting to read your mail, the problem is that whole loads of government agencies can access records about your electronic lifestyle without any trouble at all. Reading your e-mail beingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-48630817184927042482002-06-18T16:56:00.002+01:002002-06-18T16:56:00.002+01:00I think I'm a little apathetic towards it because ...I think I'm a little apathetic towards it because I know firstly that if anyone really wanted to read my email they could without too much trouble anyway, and that to prevent this law from affecting me, I can take measures to protect my privacy such as using a foreign secure ASP for email such as hushmail. It seems pretty poorly thought out, and a genuine hinderance towards promoting the UK as a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-27645677647741818452002-06-18T16:56:00.001+01:002002-06-18T16:56:00.001+01:00What the hell is wrong with my plothatching.com, i...What the hell is wrong with my plothatching.com, it's my e-mail address?! Are you lazy slack motherfuckers really going to let this RIPA shit slide in without a protest? What exactly does it take to get you up in arms over what the government is doing? We're all Net heads, surely this fundamental attack on our privacy is of some concern?!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-43027332269533616212002-06-18T16:56:00.000+01:002002-06-18T16:56:00.000+01:00Very well structured and relevant fax Mat. However...Very well structured and relevant fax Mat. However, don't you think it might be taken a little more seriously if you didn't sign it with your @plothatching.com address?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com