Re: EFF Quote of the Week #2, 12/20/93, Inman on Crypto

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From: Alex Strasheim
Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1993 18:22

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In article <1993Dec23.125310.11382@tic.com>,  <Spartan@cup.portal.com> wrote:

>Control over value and knowledge has a long and fascinating history.  Some
>of the West's greatest thinkers, among them Rousseau, have good reason to
>believe that "certain kinds" (to borrow Inman's words) of technology and 
>science undermine the social order.

If the lid were still on crypto, I might agree with you.  But it's not.  
Everyone all over the world already has it.  Every library in the world 
with a subscription to Scientific American contains enough information 
for any competent programmer to write RSA code.

It simply isn't possible to deny criminal or terrorist organizations 
access to crypto.  And it's unfair for the government to ask us to 
sacrifice our legitimate rights to the technology in a futile effort to 
contain knowledge that was widely disseminated 14 years ago.

--
Alex Strasheim | astrashe@nyx.cs.du.edu | pgp public key available via finger

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From: astrashe@nyx10.cs.du.edu (Alex Strasheim)
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