On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 13:11:43 +0100 someone who may be Clive Coleman
wrote this:-

I will always explain revoked keys, unless the UK government
prevents me by using the RIP Act 2000.

Could you explain this a bit more please? I can't find a reference to
PGP keys in the act you cite.

As Roland said, it is more general.

The Home Office came up with a way of oppressing people, called RIP
and pushed it through the Westminster rogues gallery. If some bod
decides to impose a gaging order then a victim of this "law" cannot
tell their lover, religious advisor or anyone else that their
communications are being read by some official. However, it is
possible to revoke the key and this is (supposedly) not telling
one's lover, religious advisor and so on what is happening.

Therefore it is elementary to state that one will always explain a
revoked key to anyone who asks, unless the UK government is
preventing one from doing so with RIP.

As Roland said, this particular bit of RIP has yet to be turned on.
If the Home Office have any sense it never will be and they will let
it curl up before it is exterminated by a law that regulates
investigatory powers (something RIP singularly fails to do).

I doubt if my pointing out the Home Office's stupidity has had any
influence on them not turning on this part of RIP, which they were
very keen on at the time. However, it cannot have done any harm.



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David Hansen, Edinburgh | PGP email preferred-key number F566DA0E
I will always explain revoked keys, unless the UK government
prevents me by using the RIP Act 2000.


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