From: "William H. Geiger III" <whgiii@amaranth.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 08:24:37 -0700 (PDT)
To: Hodge Podge <hodgepodge@nym.alias.net>
Subject: Re: Data Privacy Laws
In-Reply-To: <19970430143414.10988.qmail@nym.alias.net>
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In <19970430143414.10988.qmail@nym.alias.net>, on 04/30/97 at 02:34 PM,
   Hodge Podge <hodgepodge@nym.alias.net> said:


>Ulf =?ISO-8859-1?Q?M=F6ller?= (3umoelle@informatik.uni-hamburg.de) wrote:

>>It is worth noting that the "Data Privacy Commissioners" in Germany
>>(equivalent to the British Data Protection Registrar) are beginning to
>>advocate technologies such as anonymous e-cash, pre-paid chipcards,
>>pseudonyms, and of course encryption, rather than more laws.

>But according to alt.security.pgp (4/28/97):

>BONN, Germany (Reuter) -- A German cabinet minister called Monday for
>increased efforts to fight crime on the Internet and demanded that
>cyber-sheriffs have keys to unlock coded messages.
>Interior Minister Manfred Kanther told a conference ....."The technical
>and organizational competence of agencies charged with fighting computer
>crime must be strengthened." 
>"The criminals are hiding in the anonymity of the networks, wiping their
>electronic tracks." Kanther said.

>So clearly the government disagrees.

Actually they probably do not dissagree. I am sure that the German
Government will come to agreement that "anonymity" only means anonymity
from civilians not anonymity from government. I am sure that the "Data
Privacy Commissioners" & the Interior Dept. will be in agrement solong as
everything is properly GAKed. :(


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