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In article <2n6v4f$io9@panix.com>, Clay Shirky <clays@panix.com> wrote:
>Let us say that the US decides that it is going to outlaw all
>non-Clipper public key encryption, and they begin removing PGP from
>ftp sites, and closing crypto newsgroups which publish source code. I
>will expect that the Canadians will view this with contempt, and help
>us get to ftp sites on Canadian soil, publish sourcecode in a variety
>of newsgroups, and generally do everything in their power to prevent
>US law enforcement from acheiving their aim. The idea that you would
>sit back and say "Oh, their government doesn't want us to do this, 
>so it must not be a very good idea," terrifies me. The *last* people
>whose opinions about the net we should let rule our own are the law
>enforcement agencies.

great, let's parallel this with the holmonka thing.

lets say a bunch of zealots decide the US decision is totally bogus, and
start ftping banned stuff into US ftp sites.

this results in the management of such sites shutting them down
out of fear of an NSA/FBI/CIA audit of their archives.

don't think this will happen?  guess again.

how are you going to feel when your favourite archive is closed down for a few
days while they clean it?

what if the zealots are so clever, that they automate the whole thing.

management cannot set up an automatic process for cleaning, so their only
option is to monitor all incoming files.  this proves to be too big a job,
so they shut it down.

this is no longer fighting for freedom, it is terrorism.


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