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From: Mr. Lyn R. Kennedy
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1992 15:05
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1992 15:05
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denning@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu writes:
> As someone has said, "A society that cannot enforce its laws invites
> disrespect for those laws." But regulating crypto may not be a good
> solution either unless we can come up with an acceptable means.
This is an important point: Do you want to live in a society which has
laws that people will obey because they are for the common good or do
you want to live in a society where the government is able to force you
to obey it's laws no matter how bad they are?
We in the U.S. suffer from too many secret police agencies now. You
would be appalled to know what some of them are doing. Crime, organized
or not, thrives in an environment where the ordinary citizens don't
trust the police.
Crypograpy is currently used both to keep your secrets from the
government and your government secret from you. It shouldn't be that
way. See .sig
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