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Article #310Re: Registered Keys - why the need?
From: Rahul Dhesi
Date: Mon, 02 Nov 1992 19:08
Date: Mon, 02 Nov 1992 19:08
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In <1992Nov2.084229.1@zodiac.rutgers.edu> leichter@zodiac.rutgers.edu writes: >Imagine that Richard Nixon, in making his tapes, had access to a DAT recorder >with an encryption chip. Congress subpeonas the tapes; he delivers tapes that >sound like white noise. What are the keys, Mr. Nixon? No, I won't tell you >that, Fifth Amendment. I'm not sure just what Jerry's reasoning is. If the Fifth Amendment protects a suspect from being forced to reveal an encryption key *after* he is suspected of a crime, why does it not protect a non-suspect from being forced to reveal an encryption key *before* a crime has been committed? If you are going to ignore constitutional rights before a crime has been committed, why not wait until after the crime to do so??? -- Rahul Dhesi <dhesi@rahul.net> also: dhesi@cirrus.com
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Newsgroups: sci.crypt Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!stanford.edu!rpal.rockwell.com!sgiblab!a2i!dhesi From: dhesi@rahul.net (Rahul Dhesi) Subject: Re: Registered Keys - why the need? Message-ID: <Bx3rts.vE@rahul.net> Sender: news@rahul.net (Usenet News) Nntp-Posting-Host: bolero Organization: a2i network References: <715.517.uupcb@grapevine.lrk.ar.us> <1992Nov01.233637.138278@watson.ibm.com> <1992Nov2.084229.1@zodiac.rutgers.edu> Date: Mon, 2 Nov 1992 19:08:15 GMT Lines: 18