Am 14. Sep, 2001 schwätzte Eric so:

> In the end, all that remains is belief and judgment.  And what I believe is
> that I am willing to accept restrictions on crypto if it helps fight
> terrorism, and what I believe is that I am free and I don't want a

And what I believe is that if I don't have the right to use crypto or the
right to use anonymous services, then terrorism has already won.

I should be able to communicate privately to my family. I have a guaranteed
right to communicate privately with a lawyer or doctor. Don't know if that's
constitution, case law, etc.

What I do and say within the confines of my home are not public record. They
shouldn't be without a search warrant *and* cause.

Warrantless wiretapping is a very bad thing.

> boyfriend.  If the NSA says fettered crypto helps national security, I tend

So does sticking everyone within the borders of the .us in chains or
dropping prozac into the water supply.

> to believe them, or I am willing to give it a try.  If someone is able to
> show me empirical evidence that it doesn't help, I am willing listen.

gpg.

Produced in .de. The way I understand it it was written mostly by one guy
and mostly because he had some free time one weekend.

He was able to do so because:

1) he's obviously a better and faster programmer than I :)
2) there was a standard protocol for him to implement

Security nuts don't count a protocol ( or implementation ) as secure until
it's gone through peer review. Therefore the protocol needs to be available
to some circle. Criminals ( not just terrorists ) will get that. Also some
criminal orgs might even have more money to toss at this than our gov't, so
they might even be ahead of the curve.

> Statements like Franklin's, quoted above, are witty but vacuous.  Here is
> another one.  "If privacy is outlawed, only outlaws will have privacy."

If catapaults are outlawed, then only outlaws will have catapaults :).

ciao,

der.hans
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