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1 total messages Started by francois.grieu Fri, 20 Jul 2007 22:35
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Author: francois.grieu
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 22:35
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Government Steamroller
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Force anyone receiving government money to use crackable crypto?

Import restrictions in the U.S.?

Outlaw all non-government approved crypto?

That would never happen...would it?

: http://cgi.pathfinder.com/netly/  [search for article title]
: 
:            The Netly News
: 
:            Bill of Goods
: 
:            by Declan McCullagh   May 9, 1997
: 
:                 Senate Democrats are preparing legislation
:            that requires universities and other groups
:            receiving Federal grants to make their
:            communication networks snoopable by the
:            government, The Netly News has learned. The
:            draft also includes penalties for "unauthorized
:            breaking of another's encryption codes," and
:            restrictions on importing encryption products. 
: 
:                 At a Democratic leadership press briefing,
:            Sen. Bob Kerrey (D-Neb.) yesterday said his bill
:            slightly relaxed export rules in exchange for
:            greater federal control over crypto imports. But
:            what he appears to be truly aiming for is a
:            full-scale assault on your right to use whatever
:            encryption software you want in your own home. 
: [snip]
: 
:                 It's diabolical. Researchers already have to
:            comply with a legion of rules to
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