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In article <1993Jan3.165050.27910@zip.eecs.umich.edu> positron@quip.eecs.umich.edu (Jonathan Haas) writes:
>In article <2229.517.uupcb@grapevine.lrk.ar.us> jim.wenzel@grapevine.lrk.ar.us (Jim Wenzel)  writes:
>>
>>    Since laws will probably be drafted concerning the use of cryptology
>>    how would you want such a law  to read if you had the opportunity to
>>    shape it.
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>
>Well, if the government passes a registration law, and demands that I hand
>them my private key, I will politely tell it to kiss my ass.

In general this can have consequences other than a Joan of Arc trial,
which some seem to have in mind. The Government has many ways to
make people do what it wants. A simple example: in California
one must give one's Social Security Number to get a driver's license.
No SSN, no license. One can always spend a lot of money on attorney's
fees to sue the State, but likely to little avail and in any case
at a cost of time and money better used elsewhere.

Thus if one objects to the notion that the government might pass
a registration law, the time to object is in advance, and to one's
legislators, and not via brave talk about prying keys from one's
cold, dead hand.

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