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To: cryptography@c2.net Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 09:06:21 +0100 From: Horns@t-online.de (Axel H. Horns) According to a recent report by Hannes Krill on page 37 of the issue of the "SUEDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG" dated February 22, 1997, a high-ranked Secretary of State of the Bavarian Home Department, Mr. Regensburger, has urged the Federal Minister for Domestic Affairs, Mr. Kanther, to establish a crypto regulation act mandatorily requiring deposition of secret keys with with law enforcement authorities. Mr. Regensburger is member of the "Christlich-Soziale Union" (CSU), the governing party in Bavaria, residing near by the right end of the German political spectrum. Moreover, Mr. Regensburger whishes several legal barrieres incorporated in privacy law to be removed in order to be able to use data obtained from mobile phone wiretapping freely for purposes of secret services and law enforcement. In particular, mobile phone localisation data should be widely used for criminal and other investigations, Mr. Regensburger argued. Up to now, says the report, it is illegal for German law enforcement agencies to wiretap mobile phones which are operated with smart cards issued by telephone companies abroad. Mr. Regensburger whishes this surveillance obstacle to be removed.
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