Re: Limits on the Use of Cryptography?

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From: Terry Ritter
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 22:26

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 In <1992Nov11.152949.23374@rchland.ibm.com> lwloen@rchland.vnet.ibm.com
 (Larry Loen) writes:

>I think if we consider the matter, legal scenarios involving
>cryptography will fit the wall safe model rather well and we can
>send people to jail, or torture them for their keys, or whatever the
>social decision turns out to be without considering cryptography as
>anything different in the decision.

 OK.  So we have one vote for including wall safes in the bill to
 require users of cryptography to reveal information after due
 process.  The District Attorney will take you out to lunch if
 *that* gets passed.

 Are we really unable to convince an ordinary legislator that this
 would be a bad law?

 ---
 Terry Ritter   ritter@cactus.org

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