[AusNOG] (Meta-)Data Retention

Ross Wheeler ausnog at rossw.net
Tue Aug 5 14:33:18 EST 2014


> As an IT service person they would presumably need to get a warrant/court 
> order/consult your lawyer to compel you to give over the private keys (which 
> isn't to say you wouldn't get some vaguely worded threatening letter 
> demanding them) .

Makes a really good case for changing keys more frequently than the time 
it would take for said warrant/court-order/etc to be provided, so whatever 
they'd captured with "old key" couldn't be decoded with "current key".

(Or as said, key escrew where you never even actually KNOW your key)


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