[86558] in Cypherpunks
Re: The problem of playing politics with our constitutional rights
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (jonathon)
Sun Sep 14 15:02:26 1997
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 1997 18:25:01 +0000 (GMT)
From: jonathon <grafolog@netcom.com>
To: Glenn Hauman <hauman@bb.com>
cc: fight-censorship@vorlon.mit.edu, cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <v03007802b03f0695574a@[168.146.213.106]>
Reply-To: jonathon <grafolog@netcom.com>
On Fri, 12 Sep 1997, Glenn Hauman wrote:
> Since you asked: about 20% of the US population has used the Internet or an
> online service in the past 30 days, according to Mediamark Research Spring
> 97. Under 40% own a PC at home, about 40% use one at work.
Now how do you convince people that strong encryption is a very
good thing.
I'll lay odds that the majority of those people think that all
encryption should be banned.
I know where I work, the idea that encryption should be legal
is scoffed at. << That includes the drug dealers that work
there. So much for the assertion that drug dealers use
encryption. >>
Hypothetical question:
How will law enforcement deal with my
Enochian to Linear-B / Egyptian Hieroglyphics / Maya translation
program, if encryption is banned? It does provide clear text,
albeit is a language that they don't understand.
