Re: US Navy could be crippled by software backdoors.
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Re: US Navy could be crippled by software backdoors.

From: Andrew Chaplin <ab.chaplin@yourfinger.rogers.com>
Date: Sat Apr 15 2006 - 17:26:57 CEST

"Jim Watt" <jimwatt@aol.no_way> wrote in message
news:cs714297rv7v9u8539klfcaa1m9cq42ibk@4ax.com...
> On Fri, 14 Apr 2006 21:31:05 +0100, Andrew Swallow
> <am.swallow@btopenworld.com> wrote:
> >
> >The rest of the Official Secrets Act has the limitation of British
> >territory and/or British citizens. Section 6 is different, it
covers
> >non British citizens and organisations world wide - they just have
to
> >accept that they received the information "in confidence". To
ensure
> >that readers knows that the document is not for public distribution
> >there are MOD regulations requiring authors to cover the front page
in
> >warnings.
>
> And how would this be enforced?

I suspect that, in some jurisdictions, their only recourse would be to
sue -- and never to provide them info again, of course.

-- 
Andrew Chaplin
SIT MIHI GLADIUS SICUT SANCTO MARTINO
(If you're going to e-mail me, you'll have to get "yourfinger." out.)
Received on Mon May 1 01:59:36 2006