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Article #1681Re: A new encryption problem?
From: Rick Harrison
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 07:26
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 07:26
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jim.wenzel@grapevine.lrk.ar.us (Jim Wenzel) writes: > However, recently (yesterday) I had the opportunity to speak with a > law enforcement official who had quite a different view. > He was calling from California in order to pick up the pgp program > from us. Seems that they are on the case of a molestor who encrypted > his information using PGP. If they can't crack it the molestor will > more than likely walk due to lack of evidence. This has caused me Not everyone who is accused is guilty. If the police couldn't find sufficient evidence elsewhere -- the testimony of victims, child pornography in the suspect's house, etc -- why would they or you expect there to be evidence in his computer? If you robbed a bank, molested a child, or committed some other crime, would you rush home, boot your computer and type in a detailed description of what you had just done?!?! Please, examine the underlying assumptions which you are harboring. === Rick Harrison
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Newsgroups: sci.crypt Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!peora!tarpit!tous!bilver!jwt!hrick From: bbs-hrick@jwt.UUCP (Rick Harrison) Subject: Re: A new encryption problem? Reply-To: bbs-hrick@jwt.UUCP Organization: The Matrix Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 07:26:59 GMT Message-ID: <oJ36TB1w164w@jwt.UUCP> References: <1060.517.uupcb@grapevine.lrk.ar.us> Sender: bbs@jwt.UUCP Lines: 20