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Article #1406Re: Registered Keys - why the need?
From: Secret Mud
Date: Sat, 07 Nov 1992 15:14
Date: Sat, 07 Nov 1992 15:14
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From: strnlght@netcom.com (David Sternlight) > >Karl Denninger asserts that registration is a prelude to confiscation. > >In most of the world cars have been registered for many years, yet no >democratic government has used that as a way to confiscate cars >(except for those used in law violations). > >-- >David Sternlight >(pgp 2.0 and ripem public keys available on request) Registering a car means the government has a computer file with car information. Registering an encryption key mean that the government (or anyone who hacks/steals it from them) can reach out and 'touch' any of your data that they can get their hands on. I wouldn't say the two are quite the same.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!news.dell.com!natinst.com!cs.utexas.edu!torn!utzoo!utdoe!torag!zooid!ron From: ron@zooid.guild.org (Secret Mud) Newsgroups: sci.crypt,comp.org.eff.talk,alt.privacy,talk.politics.guns Subject: Re: Registered Keys - why the need? Message-ID: <721149292.12709@zooid.guild.org> Date: 7 Nov 92 15:14:52 GMT Lines: 18