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- From: lrk@k5qwb.lonestar.org (Mr. Lyn R. Kennedy)
- Newsgroups: sci.crypt
- Subject: Re: Lead Balloons
- Message-ID: <mFuRTB4w164w@k5qwb.lonestar.org>
- Date: 5 Nov 92 15:05:21 GMT
- References: <1992Nov4.125819.1637@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu>
- Organization: Radio Amateur k5qwb
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- denning@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu writes:
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- > As someone has said, "A society that cannot enforce its laws invites
- > disrespect for those laws." But regulating crypto may not be a good
- > solution either unless we can come up with an acceptable means.
-
- This is an important point: Do you want to live in a society which has
- laws that people will obey because they are for the common good or do
- you want to live in a society where the government is able to force you
- to obey it's laws no matter how bad they are?
-
- We in the U.S. suffer from too many secret police agencies now. You
- would be appalled to know what some of them are doing. Crime, organized
- or not, thrives in an environment where the ordinary citizens don't
- trust the police.
-
- Crypograpy is currently used both to keep your secrets from the
- government and your government secret from you. It shouldn't be that
- way. See .sig
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