[4888] in WWW Security List Archive
Re: Fwd: Britain to ban free use of crypto
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jacob Rose)
Mon Mar 24 23:29:28 1997
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 20:05:15 -0500 (EST)
From: Jacob Rose <jacob@whiteshell.com>
To: Doug Breault <dbreault@ns.sprintout.com>
Cc: Jeremey Barrett <jeremey@veriweb.com>, www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.93.970324085341.14320A-100000@ns.sprintout.com>
Errors-To: owner-www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
> <USELESS_COMMENTARY>
> Doesn't it make you feel even BETTER knowing that the British
> gave up their guns? Losing PGP is going to be the least of
> their problems... it's sad, people never learn.
>
> "Thank God for gun control. Where would the government be without
> it? Run by the people maybe?"
> </USELESS_COMMENTARY>
Just what we need, comparison of crypto to munitions. Remember how we
keep telling Them they're unrelated? There's a reason for that. Guns are
designed to kill people. Crypto is designed to secret information. You
can't commit murder with an encryption algorithm. You can accidentally do
so with a gun.
PS. Okay, so let's suppose you have a gun. The US Army is just
a'shakin' with fear in its tanks, helicopters, and missile silos.
Guns aren't useful in "anti-tyranny" activities any longer -
they are only good for killing other peons. I think, therefore
I oppose personal arms.
PPS. The murder rate in the UK and Canada is less than that in the
Washington, DC.
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