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

[Allen]

Hi Bernard,

Based on your posts I'm sure that you are an honorable person; 
however, it concerns me when you say, "They don't care enough to 
be torture-proof."

To me this could result in events like are occurring at the US 
State Department Passport office where people are pawing through 
files and records they have no legitimate business reading.

I'm not in favor of excessive secrecy as that is to the detriment 
of society as a whole, I think. I do think that people will take 
and blow rumors up all out of proportion to the reality behind 
them and that correcting the record can be real tough to almost 
impossible.

My question to you is, are these agents ethical enough to prevent 
this kind of disinformation from damaging the citzenary>

Thanks,

Allen

Owens Bernard B wrote:
> 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
> 
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