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BBC NEWS | Politics | UK holds Microsoft security talks
by Decius at 9:38 pm EST, Feb 15, 2006 |
Cambridge academic Ross Anderson told MPs it would mean more computer files being encrypted. He urged the government to look at establishing "back door" ways of getting around encryptions.
Ross Anderson supports GAK!? |
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RE: BBC NEWS | Politics | UK holds Microsoft security talks
by noteworthy at 10:55 am EST, Feb 16, 2006 |
Decius wrote: Ross Anderson supports GAK!?
Well, here's how Peter Gutmann explains it: It's not really a backdoor, it's a way of spiking DRM. If the UK government can be scared into requiring that Windows Vista not be fully DRM-enabled (by whatever means necessary), then that's a good thing. Waving the four horsemen at them is a good way of achieving this -- the horsemen have been used for years to justify restrictive computer laws, now (for once) they're being used to try and combat restrictions. So we should be supporting this, not condemning it. Maybe someone with a congresscritter's ear in the US could get the same thing adopted over there. The horsemen are bigger than Hollywood.
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Ross Anderson urges Parliament to mandate key escrow; Microsoft agrees
by noteworthy at 9:03 pm EST, Feb 15, 2006 |
Ross Anderson told MPs that the upcoming release of Windows Vista would mean more computer files being encrypted. He urged the government to look at establishing "back door" ways of getting around encryptions. The Home Office later told the BBC News website it is in talks with Microsoft.
Did I just miss the last ten years, or did you speak too soon? UPDATE: See my other post on this thread for another perspective from Peter Gutmann. |
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