Eric wrote: > > >I am first generation American. > > You make some good points. There are benefits to privacy. Are they enough > to surmount the burdens? I don't know. There is a right answer, I guess. > But I suppose that it is not truth that will reign here. Rather, I suspect > popular opinion/Congressional opinion. It's interesting that no one (that I > have seen yet) has made a constitutional argument here. Some say privacy is > guaranteed by the constitution guarantees privacy. That could have been a > fun one. Yes, that is true. Some agencies have even gone so far as to classify encryption as a munition, in order to prevent its export, in which case I think a US citizens right to own it should also be protected under the 2nd amendment as well... -- jkenner @ mindspring . com__ I Support Linux: _> _ _ |_ _ _ _| Working Together To <__(_||_)| )| `(_|(_)(_| To Build A Better Future. |