Wow - this is disconcerting. Apparently, using an encryption program is evidence enough that you are up to something shady. A judge deciding that encrypted files (privacy of my data) directly supports evidence of criminal activity basically translates to the determination by the legal system that "only criminals need privacy." I'm concerned not only because of the implications in the digital world, but the implications in the physical one - think for a moment what the ramifications of "only criminals need privacy" would be in a physical context... Scary, right?
Posted by Ed at May 27, 2005 10:06 AM