RE: [Raven] [FYI] NL: Intelligence agency authorized to scan satellite communications

["chefren" <chefren@pi.net>]

On 12 Apr 00, at 10:22, Christian Price wrote:

> This still seems to me to be technical folly.  If the data are not encrypted
> until they reach the provider, then the data travel unencrypted over open
> lines until they reach the provider.  This would seem to defeat the purpose
> of encrypting the data at all.

The encryption phase can start in the cable-modem right in 
your house where you handover the data for your 
communication provider.

+++chefren


> > Communication providers should be demanded by law to
> > encrypt the data of their customers and the customers
> > themselves should not be allowed to encrypt. The police
> > shouldn't be allowed to enter homes for placing bugs
> > without proof that the suspected are using encryption to
> > hide their communication.
> >
> > +++chefren


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