UK gov wants to force key disclosure
Reality can’t wait to catch up with me. When yesterday I blogged about Bruce Schneier’s explanations why privacy is a human right, little did I know that the Powers That Be were spoiling for a fight on the issue as I was typing.
As The Register reports, the UK government wants to bring into force a provision that has been lying around since 2000, which would let authorities force someone to disclose their encryption key or face up to five years behind bars. The rationale? You guessed it: Terrorism.
You and I will remain guilty until proven innocent.