[67456] in Cypherpunks
Re: NYT Nix GAK
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School )
Sun Oct 6 14:26:40 1996
Date: Sun, 6 Oct 1996 14:13:59 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law" <froomkin@law.miami.edu>
To: cypherpunks <cypherpunks@toad.com>
In-Reply-To: <3255C1AA.31EC@gte.net>
On Fri, 4 Oct 1996, Dale Thorn wrote inter alia:
> Now, for those folks who oppose the personal ownership of firearms, or
> at least "really dangerous" firearms, I'd like to know exactly what's
> the difference (in principle) between the above "...high-quality
> encryption widely available so that the private sector can protect
> itself from criminal or...", and making firearms widely available?
The difference is obvious: crypto does not put holes in people.
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