@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Wed, 27 Dec 1995 To: •••@••.••• From: •••@••.••• (Jim Warren) Subject: GovAccess.332.snoop: spy spys; cozy corps; PGP stuff; SAIC rev ~--<snip>--~ Corporations [Again] Selling Out Public Interest in Cozy Deal with Govt Snoops Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1995 From: Declan McCullagh <•••@••.•••> To: •••@••.••• Financial Times, December 21, 1995, p. 4. Encryption rules to be prepared By Andrew Jack in Paris Representatives of international business and government yesterday agreed to draw up guidelines on encryption, a system which allows computer users to transmit information electronically with little risk that it can be intercepted and understood by unauthorised "hackers". The meeting, which was held at the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris, could lead to formal propositions prepared jointly by business and government organisations that could be ready by as soon as next summer... [Governments] have demanded that they should be able to "hack" into computer transmissions for counter-intelligence and criminal investigation work, in the same way that they can conduct telephone-tapping exercises. An important conclusion of yesterday's Paris meeting was that business agreed in principle to allow such hacking to take place as long as sufficient safeguards were in place and "electronic search warrants" had been issued with proper judicial approval. A number of governments appear willing to permit relaxation of export controls on sophisticated encryption devices as long as these safeguards are in place. ~--<snip>--~ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
