Forwarded From: "Jay D. Dyson" <jdyson@techreports.jpl.nasa.gov>
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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.)
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From: Ian Brown <I.Brown@cs.ucl.ac.uk>
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.
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Received on Fri Aug 21 08:29:59 1998