Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/07/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Daniel, No, the US intelligence agencies have for years pushed encryption for the public/commercial arenas. Actually the EU (NATO) countries work hand in hand with the US agencies. Canada also works with the US on this. Gene -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Daniel Ridings" <dlridings@gmail.com> > > On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 3:11 AM, <grduprey@mchsi.com> wrote: > > Actually the US intelligence community have pushed for more encryption > > of > personal information for years. > > > > Gene > > Something tells me you are mixing the EU up with the US. The EU has, > for years, recommended encryption in order to hamper ECHELON, the US > spy system: > > http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do;jsessionid=EEF5CE91F5F995F43E2E46E > 994A49DDF.node1?language=EN&pubRef=-//EP//TEXT+REPORT+A5-2001-0264+0+NOT+XML+V0/ > /EN > > http://tinyurl.com/56e6d6 > > The US relaxed restrictions (in order to make a buck) eventually, but > too late. PGP is out there. > > http://www.ita.doc.gov/TD/PEC/enc922.htm > > Daniel > > > > > Daniel > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information