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- From: jkp@cs.HUT.FI (Jyrki Kuoppala)
- Subject: Re: PKP/RSA comments on PGP legality
- In-Reply-To: strnlght@netcom.com (David Sternlight)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec20.115904.14965@nntp.hut.fi>
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- Reply-To: jkp@cs.HUT.FI (Jyrki Kuoppala)
- Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
- References: <1992Dec17.223042.15115@news.eng.convex.com> <1992Dec17.232704.13763@netcom.com> <1992Dec18.185048.23741@news.eng.convex.com> <1992Dec19.002110.17682@netcom.com>
- Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1992 11:59:04 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec19.002110.17682@netcom.com>, strnlght@netcom (David Sternlight) writes:
- >I said that government takes cryptographic violations of munitions
- >laws much more seriously than the building of airplane models.
- >
- >Steve Gardner's response that nobody is harmed by cryptography is
- >appalling. Consider the lives lost or saved through cryptographic
- >activities during wars, anti-terrorism, drug enforcement, etc.
-
- Youy are apparently talking about the violence done by the U.S.
- government. Yes, it is true that many lives have probably been lost
- and ruined with the help of cryptography, but on the other hand
- cryptography is a very useful tool in fighting against the kinds of
- oppression and terrorism you are talking about. I'd say it levels the
- field somewhat.
-
- //Jyrki
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