[12120] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: The Encryption Issue... (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dannyman)
Fri Sep 5 13:56:26 1997
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 1997 12:36:26 -0500
From: Dannyman <dannyman@dannyland.org>
To: Marc Hurst <mhurst@fastlane.ca>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSD/.3.91.970905130529.15463A-100000@fastlane.ca>; from Marc Hurst on Fri, Sep 05, 1997 at 01:09:02PM -0400
On Fri, Sep 05, 1997 at 01:09:02PM -0400, Marc Hurst wrote:
> I wrote a note to Senator Hutchison in response to the forwarded posting
> I saw here on the list.
>
> She was quoted as being in support of the archiving of encryption keys to
> keep children from viewing pornography on the Internet.
>
> This was the response I got...
[...]
> If you provided your postal mailing address, Senator Hutchison will
> respond to your comments or concerns by regular mail.
Congress wishes to set an example for us by not using crypto stuff like PGP
themselves, being as it's the stuff of pedophiles and whatnot.
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