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In article <1ckeg2INNnl1@function.mps.ohio-state.edu>,
fiedorow@function.mps.ohio-state.edu (Zbigniew Fiedorowicz) writes:

[...]
|      Professor Denning's proposals for encryption key registration 
| have inspired me to advance my own ideas for hastening the
| onset of a brave new world (lamentably already 8 years overdue).
|      Why not install video cameras in every home?  They could be tied
| into existing cable television systems....
|      The benefits of such a proposal are obvious and indisputable.
| Heinous criminal activity will be strongly discouraged. Family
| values will be improved.  The national moral fiber will be
| enhanced.
| 
| Tongue firmly in cheek,


Then -- Jerry Replies:
>Mr. Fiedorowicz's tongue may have been in his cheak, but he has presented a
>wonderful illustration of why, in legal reasoning, reductio ad absurdum
>arguments carry almost no weight.


	What I believe Mr. Fiedorwicz's meaning here is not "reductio ad
absurdum"; BUT more how absurd the whole idea of having "authority" or
goverment keeping tabs on crypto keys.  I mean really; what would I be
doing if I submitted my key to an authorised source that would keep it
secret until I did something that society didn't approve of.  Then my
goose would be cooked right?  I'm sorry but I really won't be participating
in any such activities.  I will still send my crypto-messages and codes
without any supervision.  I think that most people that feel that the
rights of the individual are priority #1. As long as they don't infringe
upon other peoples rights.

SO the questions I put is:

1. Does the fact that a person is using some form of cryptology make them
	suspect?

2. Does the federal goverment really think that their bureaucracy can keep
	up with technology?

3. If a person is really doing illegal activites that use cryptography wouldn't
	it(the activity) show other aspects that were also illegal?


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Gene Baxter...
	"Show me your crypto-key and I'll tell you no lies"
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