Here is a link to a blog entry I did on CALEA. I think you might find it interesting. http://dsb.igxglobal.com/plugins/content/content.php?content.29 Babak On Fri, 2006-02-17 at 08:02 -0600, Leif Ericksen wrote: > Yikes but go figure... That is step one at this point to many old farts > around that would fight more intense step that is yet on the horizon. I > see it coming some day and it is inevitable... Does anybody else know > what step 2 is going to be when the old farts are gone? OR at least > they can cram it down the throat of society starting with the younger > ones... AKA the Children? > > Ok it goes something like this. TCPA is fully enacted on the hardware > and almost a software level. But then again you might not need it on > the software level, because of WorldGrid. Now your system will have no > local hard drive, will have a flash ROM for the OS (Mac is now going to > Intel so it will be easer for this to happen) ALL software vendors are > attached to world grid so you will always have access to the latest and > greatest software available. In comes Micro Transaction Billing. You > will be charged a certain small amount to run the software you desire. > Your files will be safe and secure on the grid as well so no matter > where in the world you go you can always have access to your data. > The story continues but I am sure you all can see the stage. Now of > course your data is 'safe' because you can encrypt it on the Grid with > your own password that you create. IF you have proper TCPA registration > you are allowed on the grind and as thus on the Internet, if you do not > sorry access denied! Back to the old days of using a modem on a BBS, or > use of packet radio and the like. > > When the Governments of the world start and companies start trying to do > this we know it will be the end of computers as we know them today. But > as far as back doors in encryption goes, you seen these stories pop up > every now and again. The only way to prevent a back door is to create > your own security system and not put in a back door for your own use. > > > That is the way things go in our great big an wonderful world. > > > -- > Leif Ericksen > On Fri, 2006-02-17 at 12:56 +0100, Feher Tamas wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4713018.stm > > > > According to the above article from BBC News, the british > > parliament is urging Blair government to negotiate with > > Microsoft to implement a backdoor into the strong hard disk > > encryption module of upcoming Windows Vista from day one. > > > > The interior affairs committe of MPs heard testimony by > > Cambridge security design expert Ross Anderson. The > > academican said new TPM-based "BitLocker Drive Encryption" > > schemes in Microsoft Vista would be too difficult to break > > in the short timeframe terror suspects can be held without > > charge and thus cases could collapse for lack of evidence as > > detainees avoid self-incrimination by inventing tales of > > lost keys and passwords. > > > > The expert's answer is to put a backdoor into the BitLocker > > program code to bypass password and key checks. Critics > > argue this move would be hypocrisy, since the TPM based > > encryption method was invented to protect the interests of > > music and movie industry in the first place, who wanted to > > base their DRM schemes on encrypted files, which cannot be > > modified, ripped or shared meaningfully. Thus encryption is > > strong when used against the users, but would become weak or > > non-existent when people could use it for personal legal > > defence. > > > > Regards: Tamas Feher from Hungary. > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > > [origo] klikkbank lakossági számlacsomag havi 199 Ft-ért, bankkártya éves > > díj nélkül! > > www.klikkbank.hu > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > > Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html > > Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
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