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In article <1992Oct27.220037.22284@osf.org>, karger@osf.org (Paul A. Karger) writes:
> A number of European countries require some form of
> key registration before cryptography can be used in
> telecommunications.  I believe that both France and
> Germany have laws of this kind.

Oh well, I guess that makes it okay, no?  Sorry for the sarcasm, but I'm less
than impressed with the individual's rights in some European countries.

> I personally am uncomfortable with crypto key
> registration, but there certainly is precedent for it
> in the laws of some "Western democracies".  

Which "Western democracies"?  I really don't give a rat's *** if every other
Western countries' citizens have waived their rights, that's their problem.
And if there is such a precedent, that's even worse news, IMO.

> Some months ago, someone on sci.crypt mentioned that
> Thomas Jefferson had written something on cryptography
> and individual freedoms.  Does anyone have a pointer
> to the actual quotation?  (Remember that among his
> many other talents, Jefferson was a very good cryptographer
> for his day, and he designed a crypto system that was
> used by the US Army all the way up to the beginning of
> this century.)

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Dan S.