How about if you cleaned up the scene of a crime so that it was nearly
impossible to identify you as the culprit? Should this be prosecutable? You
were using gloves and a mop to attempt to cover up misdeeds. Is this a crime?
Should it be a crime? How does encryption differ?
Eric
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From: listbounce@securityfocus.com
[mailto:listbounce@securityfocus.com]On Behalf Of Saqib Ali
Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 12:23 PM
To: Hagen, Eric
Cc: security-basics
Subject: Re: The ugly side of using disk encryption
John Ashcroft attempted to pass a law a few years ago that would have made
"use of encryption" a felony that could be added to any other crime to get
3-5 years tacked on to the end of it. Fortunately the bill stalled and has
never been brought back up. --
a little twist:
how about if you are found guilty and you were using encryption to
cover up misdeeds, tack on additional 10-15 years. DA can use that
additional 10-15 yr as a bargaining tool to get access to encrypted
data.
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Saqib Ali, CISSP, ISSAP
http://www.full-disk-encryption.net
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