[TriLUG] "congress mulls stiff crypto laws"
Rodent of Unusual Size
Ken.Coar at Golux.Com
Fri Sep 14 17:28:18 EDT 2001
Sinner from the Prairy wrote:
>
> Let's imagine that the US Government bans encryption.
>
> OK, US citizens are not using encryption. But, what about
> the people from other countries? What about criminals? Will
> they stop using encryption?
>
> No.
But given the above premise, any encrypted transmission is
illegal, and by definition originates with a criminal, and is
therefore worthy of investigation.
It's only the 'other countries' part that proves the fallacy
of *that* position..
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