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

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From: Michael R. M. Cheselka
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 1993 19:34

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In article <1993Dec28.041609.25484@tic.com> astrashe@nyx10.cs.du.edu (Alex Strasheim) writes:
>If the lid were still on crypto, I might agree with you.  But it's not.  
< snip >
>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.

Hasn't kept them from making marijuana illegal, even though the plant
grows naturally enough through out the US.  Can you not see the
government trying to jail people for encrypting conversations?  They
do it in France now.

Problem I can see for them: How can they prove in court a tape filed
with static is your voice?

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From: cheselka@cactus.org (Michael R. M. Cheselka)
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