| From: | Don Cox |
| Date: | 16 Aug 2000 at 23:22:04 |
| Subject: | Re: PGP and UUen/decode |
On 16-Aug-00, Matt Sealey wrote:
> Hello Alan
>
> On 16-Aug-00, you wrote:
>
>>> But they can still read every message someone ever sent to you, and
>>> vice versa (if they have their key as well)
>>
>> so? I'm not a criminal, terrorist or any subversive. Most of my email
>> would be 100% boring to them...if not all ;-) I just dont like my
>> mail being read by others who arent supposed to be reading it.
>
> That isn't the point: if you don't send subversive mails, you won't
> get caught by the bill, will you? But if you DO, there's NOTHING that
> you can do about it and the bill can be *very* well justified!
When we reach the point where any criticism of Tony Blair is considered
subversive, this bill will be very useful for the secret police.
Bear in mind that the amount of freedom in the UK has been steadily
going down over the past 20 years, always for the best of reasons, and
there is no sign of any change in this trend.
Regards
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