[8] in Cypherpunks
Navajo Hypothetical
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike Godwin)
Wed Apr 28 13:26:37 1993
From: Mike Godwin <mnemonic@eff.org>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com, gnu@toad.com
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 93 13:13:42 EDT
I recently heard an even better hypothetical that illustrates the
issues raised by encryption:
Suppose the only two navajo speakers left in the world were talking on the
phone to plot the overthrow of the United States. If the FBI
could not obtain a translator, would that mean the plotters could be
compelled to hold their phone conversations in English?
--Mike
