In message , at 22:00:38 on
Mon, 25 Oct 2004, David Hansen
remarked:
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.

I fear you are conflating the powers to intercept communications, and
that to demand a key if they turn out to be encrypted.

In the former case, if your communications are being read, you won't
normally know, but if you find out there's no ban on telling the world.

However, if (when put in force) you are required to reveal a key that
might allow encryption of intercepted (or seized) keys, you can be
prosecuted for tipping off your friends.

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.

This is a long-proposed work around, but until the Code of Practice for
that part of the Act appears, it's a little rash to assume it will work
as advertised.

--
Roland Perry