[117978] in Cypherpunks
Re: Crypto Law: Little Guy Loses
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Max Inux)
Thu Sep 16 23:54:35 1999
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 20:36:46 -0700 (PDT)
From: Max Inux <maxinux@openpgp.net>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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Reply-To: Max Inux <maxinux@openpgp.net>
What worries me about it is this entire software inspection, what the hell
is the point of it? What next will they be requiring source code and
mathematical explanations of the algorithms you are using too? Requiring
you to be silent about all of it, with the US's negligent standpoint on
Encryption it would not suprise me in the least
The only way that _I_ will ever have any respect inthe government with
any technilogical decisions, they will have to remove all controls.
Completely. The Criminals, err uhm, I mean Congress need to get a brain
of more than 2 iq points and realize that export controls are pointless,
software export is so entirely easy, and impossible to track, one person
exports it, they 'comited a crime' (a stupid and unconstitutional one),
but anyone else can use it out of the us, the only question is that of
copyright. PGP, one of the most widely used encryption project IMHO would
be exempt from that problem with their freeware licensing.
Come on guys, catch a clue.
Max Inux
<maxinux@openpgp.net> 0x91313516 http://www.openpgp.net
If crypto is outlawed only outlaws will have crypto.
