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Re: A Trial Balloon to Ban Encryption?

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From: Rob Stampfli
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1992 04:20
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In article <1992Oct27.002319.2198@cactus.org> ritter@cactus.org (Terry Ritter) writes:
> The problem I have with "warrants" is that it often seems that
> relatively little evidence is required to obtain one.  In many
> cases, law enforcement agencies can find judges who generally
> approve a particular sort of warrant.  Thus, warrants may not
> give the protection that one might think.  And if evidence can
> be used even when obtained under an illegal warrant, there is
> precious little protection at all.

The other problem with warrants in this context is that they are
usually obtained secretly and have a limited scope.  Once the
warrant expires, who will either guarantee that the owner of the
key is notified so that he or she may change the key, or ensure
that the authority given access to the owner's secret key
destroys their copy of it so they cannot read future mail?
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Subject: Re: A Trial Balloon to Ban Encryption?
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