[Nottingham] Time to get email encryption sorted?

[Jason Irwin]

Some deeply worrying stories about the UK government treating its
populace as criminal suspects.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17576745

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/04/02/ccdp_government_snooping_plans/

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/04/03/theresa_may_net_snooping_plan_ccdp/

Given recent messages on here, my own understanding of how email
signing/encryption works is clearly very flawed, but articles likes this
make me realise just how necessary it is becoming.

J.
ps I wonder how many "watch lists" I just got added to?