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- From: imcc@cs.strath.ac.uk (Iain McCord)
- Newsgroups: sci.crypt
- Subject: Re: A new encryption problem?
- Message-ID: <11002@baird.cs.strath.ac.uk>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 13:46:35 GMT
- References: <1060.517.uupcb@grapevine.lrk.ar.us> <726406434DN5.61R@tanda.isis.org> <1992Nov17.004007.5953@cactus.org>
- Organization: Comp. Sci. Dept., Strathclyde Univ., Glasgow, Scotland.
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- In article <1992Nov17.004007.5953@cactus.org> ritter@cactus.org (Terry Ritter) writes:
- = Well, if "they" find the enciphered file on the accused's computer,
- = and it has something to do with a crime, they probably could
- = introduce it as evidence. Do you think it would be difficult to
- = introduce a paper diary describing crimes? Why would it be
- = different with a computer file?
- A paper diary has the advantage that it is possible to prove that the
- suspect actualy had it in his possesion. Unless he wore gloves, a hair
- net, and face mask when he wrote it there will be some kind of physical
- evidence to support the view that he wrote it. There is no equivalent
- way of prooving who an electronic file was created by, and when. Even
- if the file wasn't created by police, it may have been created by
- someone other than the suspect.
- = Terry Ritter ritter@cactus.org
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- Iain McCord ~~~~/()\~~~~ Tue Nov 17 13:46:29 WET 1992
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