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Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 13:32:47 -0400 (EDT) From: John R Levine <johnl@iecc.com> To: cryptography@c2.net cc: coderpunks@toad.com In-Reply-To: <35DCB7AF.2492@accessdata.com> > >A spokesman for Customs and Excise said officials would routinely > >scan laptops for illegal material such as pornography. Encrypted > >files will be treated in the same way as a ordinary luggage. "So far > >as we are concerned, there is no difference between an encrypted > >file and a locked suitcase," said the spokesman. "All travellers > >entering the country should be prepared to have their equipment > >scanned.". Unless the customs officials in the UK are a whole lot more sophisticated than all of the other customs officials I've ever met, I suspect that to avoid having one's encrypted documents snooped it would be more than adequate to change the name of files that might attract scrutiny from TopSecretHighlyPornographicDocument-Encrypted.PGP to wzg944.dll. I suppose this is the digital equivalent of wrapping your Cuban cigars in the poopy diapers. Regards, John Levine, johnl@iecc.com, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for Dummies", Information Superhighwayman wanna-be, http://iecc.com/johnl, Sewer Commissioner Finger for PGP key, f'print = 3A 5B D0 3F D9 A0 6A A4 2D AC 1E 9E A6 36 A3 47
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