[52897] in Cypherpunks
Re: So, what crypto legislation (if any) is necessary?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (jamesd@echeque.com)
Fri Mar 29 07:41:53 1996
From: jamesd@echeque.com
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 00:03:41 -0800
To: shabbir@vtw.org (Shabbir J. Safdar), shamrock@netcom.com (Lucky Green)
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
At 03:43 PM 3/27/96 -0500, Shabbir J. Safdar wrote:
> Your misunderstanding of how interceptions are done is dangerous to
> what is otherwise a rational, intelligent argument.
>
> Indeed, there are ways to conduct a wiretap without a judge. They require
> dispensations from people like the Attorney General, for example. And
> this is certainly not a normal practice.
I suggest that you study arithmetic before pontificating on normal government
practice:
1% of all phone capacity = 850 wiretaps a year. Yeah, right.
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