(UK-specific) consultation about RIPA

Werner Koch wk at gnupg.org
Wed Jun 21 19:17:25 CEST 2006


On Wed, 21 Jun 2006 09:00, Andrew Bunting said:

> In other words, if the software had a tripwire function that 
> notified other nominated individuals when a private key was 
> exported then the subject of the notice may not necessarily go 
> to jail for ``tipping-off''.

You mean a "gpg --export-secret-key" should record this in the public
key and automatically upload it to keyservers? I am not sure whether
this or TIPA is more of a privacy intrusion.  It is probably easier to
retire (sub)keys after some random time and state this in a policy
document.


Shalom-Salam,

   Werner




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