[118024] in Cypherpunks
Re: more re Encryption Technology Limits Eased
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Anonymous)
Fri Sep 17 19:12:55 1999
Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1999 00:56:32 +0200 (CEST)
Message-Id: <199909172256.AAA23731@mail.replay.com>
From: Anonymous <nobody@replay.com>
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Reply-To: Anonymous <nobody@replay.com>
> Maybe, but there is no guarantee that this new legislation will
> pass. The relaxation is not tied to the legislation. The best the
> administration can do is to push for it, but there will certainly be a
> backlash from privacy advocates.
Yes, but the effect of the wording of this bill is to separate the
interests of privacy advocates from those of their erstwhile allies,
the software industry, and to get the big money and large lobbies out
of the privacy battles.
Microsoft et al. have absolutely no interest in privacy concerns,
unless their bottom lines depend upon them. This clause costs them
nothing, so agreeing to a bill that erodes the constitutional rights
of US citizens, in exchange for eased export restrictions, is a
winning strategy for them.
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