[52604] in Cypherpunks
Re: So, what crypto legislation (if any) is necessary? (Was List O' , shame)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Declan B. McCullagh)
Mon Mar 25 12:11:30 1996
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1996 11:33:03 -0500 (EST)
From: "Declan B. McCullagh" <declan+@CMU.EDU>
To: Simon Spero <ses@tipper.oit.unc.edu>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com, Black Unicorn <unicorn@schloss.li>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.91.960325075557.28271D-100000@chivalry>
Excerpts from mail: 25-Mar-96 So, what crypto legislation.. by Simon
Spero@tipper.oit.u
> If the Leahy bill is unacceptable, what legistlation is necessary? I
> can't see how the use of cryptography in the commission of a crime needs
> to be a separate offence, but I could see how it could be treated as a
> special circumstance - that doesn't really needed a new law though.
Leahy's bill will not pass. Period. However, with the introduction of
this legislation comes a chance to get _our side_ heard by the unwired.
-Declan
