[79404] in Cypherpunks
Re: SAFE Bill is a Good Thing--"Crypto For The Masses"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mac Norton)
Fri May 2 00:41:20 1997
Date: Thu, 1 May 1997 22:09:57 -0500 (CDT)
From: Mac Norton <mnorton@cavern.uark.edu>
To: Alan Davidson <abd@cdt.org>
Cc: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net, fight-censorship@vorlon.mit.edu
In-Reply-To: <v03020900af8e47bb1440@[207.226.3.11]>
Reply-To: Mac Norton <mnorton@cavern.uark.edu>
On Thu, 1 May 1997, Alan Davidson wrote:
>
> What SAFE does legalize is strong, non-escrow encryption in the products
> that are most widely used, in almost all countries worldwide. Once
> *ordinary people* have strong crypto built in to the products they use
> every day, it will be much harder for governments to take it away or
> restrict it.
What's illegal about strong non-escrow encryption now? Why
does it need to be "legalized"? And wh will it be harder to
require escrow "once *ordinary people* have strong crypto"?
Doesn't seem to follow necessarily, does it?
>
> 2. CDT Does Not Support The Criminal Provision in SAFE
I don't get it. CDT loudly supports the bill. The bill
contains the criminal provision. I don't get it. Do you?
MacN
