[116780] in Cypherpunks
Re: Covert Entry warrants requested
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tim May)
Fri Aug 20 16:44:48 1999
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Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 13:24:30 -0700
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From: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
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At 12:43 PM -0700 1999-08-20, Greg Broiles wrote:
>The bald-faced ridiculousness of this most recent proposal makes me think
>it's the "bad cop" side of the key escrow/key recovery debate - that the
>Gummint thinks strong crypto proponents will stop fighting GAK if the
>alternative is covert entry to tamper with our computers.
>
I'm waiting for a case where a homeowner shoots and kills an LEO breaking
into his house.
(Usual caveats about the homeowner being in fear for his life, not knowing
who the perp was, blah blah.)
When the cops are authorized by the courts to sneak into houses, time for
the dynamite trucks to start rolling.
--Tim May
Don't tread on me.
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