An animal rights activist has been ordered to hand over her encryption keys to the authorities.Wha... Wha... Wha.....
Section Three of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) came into force at the start in October 2007, seven years after the original legislation passed through parliament. Intended primarily to deal with terror suspects, it allows police to demand encryption keys or provide a clear text transcript of encrypted text.
Failure to comply can result in up to two years imprisonment for cases not involving national security, or five years for terrorism offences and the like. Orders can be made to turn over data months or even years old.
[ cf Animal rights activist hit with RIPA key decrypt demand ]
Here in america we have state secrets!!!!!
If there was any real need to have that information, then the state could have the evil doer rendered to some strange and amusing land where they have never heard of Amnesty International, and if the perp ever surfaced again, and whined about it, well, there are State Secrets!!!!
We don't need to worry about any of this, since the State Secrets keep the things secret that need to be secret, and everything else needs to be a part of total devotion to great leader....
Are YOU doing your part to support BushCheney2008, or are you one of those who has to be reminded again that the State Secrets MUST be maintained...
Any questions as to why we MUST stop the types who do not suppport Great Leader?