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In article <1992Nov4.193112.2349@netcom.com> strnlght@netcom.com (David Sternlight) writes:
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>Though I agree with those who say that the issue of crypto key registration
>is separate from the issue of gun registration (perhaps because some of
>the speakers oppose the first and support the second), let's not forget
>that the NRA has been very politically effective in stopping gun
>registration laws that many of us support. Perhaps it wouldn't be
>a bad idea to enlist them in opposing any attempt to to control crypto use
>and crypto keys by ordinary citizens and businessmen.

As many have pointed out, and as history has shown, "registration" is only a
prelude to confiscation.  Further, should it become desired to confiscate,
registration tells those who would confiscate just >where< to look -- making
confiscation possible.

It is not possible to confiscate firearms, as an example, unless you know
where they are.  The same holds true for crypto keys.

>By the way, I would support a law making it a criminal offense to use
>cryptology to aid criminal or espionage enterprises, provided it were
>limited to after-the-fact use to increase penalties on those convicted
>of such crimes, rather than before-the-fact use to limit civil
>liberties of ordinary citizens.

Why?  

If a crime is a crime, then it IS.  Why would the use of cryptography be a
factor in the punishment that a crook faces?

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