[79360] in Cypherpunks
Re: SAFE Bill is a Disaster--"Use a cipher, go to prison"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (sameer)
Thu May 1 14:20:17 1997
From: sameer <sameer@c2.net>
To: jseiger@cdt.org (Jonah Seiger)
Date: Thu, 1 May 1997 09:52:54 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: tcmay@got.net, declan@well.com, fight-censorship@vorlon.mit.edu,
cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
In-Reply-To: <v03020900af8e49aa795c@[207.226.3.4]> from Jonah Seiger at "May 1, 97 10:09:27 am"
Reply-To: sameer <sameer@c2.net>
>
> The status quo, in our view, is not good enough. Because of the export
> controls and the lack of a coherent US encryption policy, Internet users do
> not have access to the privacy protecting encryption products they need.
Yes they do. There is a growing international crypto
development industry. The export controls have hampered access to the
products they need, but it has not eliminated said access.
SAFE is one step closer towards making *import* of
cryptography illegal. It's a good thing Anguilla looks like a
relatively reasonable place to live, with people like you "on our
side".
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