Forwarded From: "Jay D. Dyson" <jdysonat_private> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Courtesy of Cryptography List. (Let the traveller beware!) (Side note: The best way to secure your data is to not take your secret key with you when you travel. Leave it in a secured location or send it to a trusted third party ahead of you. That way, your data cannot be decrypted even if you provide your key to the people who have no business invading your privacy. Additionally, keep encrypted data on separate disks and do not volunteer them to the people who would so willingly trample your civil rights.) - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ian Brown <I.Brownat_private> UK Customs' view of encrypted laptop hard disks... http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/et?ac=000116192758126&rtmo=keZ71kkp&atmo=gggggggK&P4_FOLLOW_ON=/missions/connect/ecnlap20.html&pg=/et/missions/connect/ecnlap20.html Customs targets laptop hard drive contents By Simon Davies ... A spokesman for Customs and Excise said officials would routinely scan laptops for illegal material such as pornography. Encrypted files will be treated in the same way as a ordinary luggage. "So far as we are concerned, there is no difference between an encrypted file and a locked suitcase," said the spokesman. "All travellers entering the country should be prepared to have their equipment scanned." Laptop carriers will have little choice but to submit to the demands of Customs officials. People refusing to open files or divulge keys will be subject to a court order. Refusal to obey the order would constitute contempt of court - an offence that can result in imprisonment. Unlike cases involving body searches, Customs officers are not required to establish grounds for "reasonable suspicion" before conducting a computer search. The Home Office has not issued specific guidelines on the practice, leaving Customs officers free to take copies of disk scans. This has alarmed business leaders, who have raised concerns that sensitive commercial data could be compromised. ... -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBNdy73+e1NzV7EsRFAQEBswP9GAPYwLvQ8sEvCDb+lION0Wll9qx59hr9 93yvlBnBtVOWmNwz2TeTuW1L/F+ARG/DWMShzAmTpnkUfJgGJ0QbBWBukimXm/cn RA1VtIn56E44c8dmtrxkIbyrQRhDZdGF893E6pnE4/AsF1sjb3XM3XyJFGJHQwk/ LMjj6hhnPAw= =0emF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -o- Subscribe: mail majordomoat_private with "subscribe isn". Today's ISN Sponsor: Repent Security Incorporated [www.repsec.com]
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