outer@utcsrgv.UUCP (Richard Outerbridge) (10/16/84)
The Toronto *Globe and Mail* of 8410.08 had a front-page story concerning a novel computer crime: long-distance data encryption. The circumstances surrounding the case weren't made clear, but the gist was that the principals of a Toronto-based computer firm were being tried in Ontario for encrypting a U.S. data base via a long-distance modem link. These were *criminal* charges, and one of the issues concerned the definition of "property": by effectively denying the owner of the data access to it, had they destroyed anything (the tape was still there!) ? Does anyone know any more about this? Similar cases in other jurisdictions? -- Richard Outerbridge <outer@utcsrgv.UUCP> 416 978 2742 Payload Deliveries: N 41 39'36", W 79 23'42", Elev. 106.47m.
gag@hpda.UUCP (gag) (10/17/84)
/***** hpda:net.crypt / utcsrgv!outer / 6:37 pm Oct 15, 1984*/ The Toronto *Globe and Mail* of 8410.08 had a front-page story concerning a novel computer crime: long-distance data encryption. The circumstances surrounding the case weren't made clear, but the gist was that the principals of a Toronto-based computer firm were being tried in Ontario for encrypting a U.S. data base via a long-distance modem link. These were *criminal* charges, and one of the issues concerned the definition of "property": by effectively denying the owner of the data access to it, had they destroyed anything (the tape was still there!) ? Does anyone know any more about this? Similar cases in other jurisdictions? -- Richard Outerbridge <outer@utcsrgv.UUCP> 416 978 2742 Payload Deliveries: N 41 39'36", W 79 23'42", Elev. 106.47m. /* ---------- */