[53171] in Cypherpunks
J Bell's Moniker (WAS: Re: NYT on CFP)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mark Aldrich)
Tue Apr 2 19:15:39 1996
My-From: Mark Aldrich <maldrich@grctechs.va.grci.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 12:06:36 -0500 (EST)
From: Mark Aldrich <maldrich@grctechs.va.grci.com>
To: jim bell <jimbell@pacifier.com>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <m0u3s9n-0008zMC@pacifier.com>
On Mon, 1 Apr 1996, jim bell wrote:
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> > The proposal drew some opposition. "I think we'll regret it
> > down the road," said Dorothy E. Denning, a professor of
> > computer sciences at Georgetown University and a computer
> > security consultant to the military. Dr. Denning and others
> > have argued that the use of unrestricted encryption would
> > thwart the ability of law-enforcement and intelligence
> > agencies to conduct wiretaps on messages sent by foreign
> > spies, terrorists, child pornographers and other criminals.
>
> Damn! They keep leaving me out of their short list! Maybe they meant to
> lump me in with the groups they mentioned. I'm an American, so I can't be a
> "foreign spy," and my supply of child pornography is at a constant zero
> level. I'd sure hate to be lumped into an ignominious position with the
> "other criminals," however: What an unimpressive title!
>
> Maybe I'll just have to settle for being called a terrorist. Harrumph!
OK, Jim, I'll take the bait:
What, per chance, _DO_ you want to be called?
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