Re: PKP/RSA comments on PGP legality

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From: John Ioannidis
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 22:40

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In article <1992Dec19.002110.17682@netcom.com> strnlght@netcom.com (David Sternlight) writes:
>I said that government takes cryptographic violations of munitions
>laws much more seriously than the building of airplane models.
>
>Steve Gardner's response that nobody is harmed by cryptography is
>appalling. Consider the lives lost or saved through cryptographic
>activities during wars, anti-terrorism, drug enforcement, etc.
>

You forgot child molesting (or is that covered under "etc."?)

/ji

PS: Close-captioned for the sarcasm-impaired.

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