[FDE] Paula Parker's, Detective Inspector of Merseyside

[Owens Bernard B]

On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:04:29 -0700, Simson Garfinkel wrote:

>But if you use strong passphrases and your users are torture-proof,
they're probably on a pretty good footings.

My users are tax collectors.  They don't care enough to be
torture-proof.  For them, the methods you cite are of no practical
value, being either unnecessary or illegal.

For the general public, though, I think the original story spread
disinformation.  The quote from the DS made it sound like encryption
simply doesn't work and so, to quote from another area of interest,
"Resistance is futile."  I find this sort of spin from law enforcement
sources rather unsettling.  It smacks of a lack of integrity and
intellectual honesty.  I always hope for better.

Thanks for your thoughts,

Bernard Owens
USTreas/IRS