[118043] in Cypherpunks
Re:
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Reese)
Sat Sep 18 02:00:49 1999
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Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 19:46:41 -1000
To: cypherpunks@algebra.com
From: Reese <reeza@flex.com>
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At 10:47 AM 17-09-99 +0200, Anonymous wrote:
>Specifically, the Cyberspace Electronic Security Act of
>1999 would:
>
>Protect sensitive investigative techniques and industry trade secrets from
unnecessary
> disclosure in litigation or criminal trials involving encryption,
consistent with fully protecting
> defendants' rights to a fair trial.
>
>......
>
>It will be interesting to see how you can
>present evidence decrypted with back doors
>without disclosing the back door, and still
>describe how you got the evidence.
Easy. Redefine "fair trial" to mean decrypted evidence can be used against
you, with no requirement to demonstrate the method of decryption.
Heresay anyone?
>$8e7 buys a lot of back doors.
Indeed.
