gabriel rosenkoetter on Fri, 14 Feb 2003 11:50:31 -0500


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Re: [PLUG] how to lose your rights and freedom...


On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 02:46:39AM -0500, Paul wrote:
> If the communication is encrypted, how will anyone know if a crime is 
> being planned using encryption?

Because someone will get caught and issued a subpoena for their
private key.

> Sounds like the law will need to be expanded to make all encryption
> illegal.

It's too late to put that cat back in the bag. You can try, but
it'll be totally unenforcable.

On the legal front, that violates my privacy. In the real world,
'What do you mean by "encrypted" officer? Are you saying I can't
arrange the bits on my hard drive in a certain order? What orders am
I allowed to arrange them in? If you can't catalog those, there's
really just no way I could comply with this law...'

> Real criminals would disregard the laws and take advantage of
> communication that is non-encrypted by law while continuing to use
> encryption them selves. Convenient.

Of course. Contact your federal and state representatives.

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gabriel rosenkoetter
gr@eclipsed.net

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