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  2. From: starr@genie.slhs.udel.edu (Tim Starr)
  3. Newsgroups: sci.crypt
  4. Subject: Re: Registered Keys - why the need?
  5. Message-ID: <1992Nov6.082359.26256@genie.slhs.udel.edu>
  6. Date: 6 Nov 92 08:23:59 GMT
  7. References: <1992Nov01.233637.138278@watson.ibm.com> <1992Nov3.090942.1626@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu> <7851@transfer.stratus.com>
  8. Organization: UDel, School of Life & Health Sciences
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  11. In article <7851@transfer.stratus.com> cme@ellisun.sw.stratus.com (Carl Ellison) writes:
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  13. }My question remains: how will key registration preserve the ability to
  14. }wiretap?  If the damage done by wiretaps has been so extensive, unless the
  15. }OC and drug traffic figures are incredibly stupid,
  16.  
  17. If you mean the statistics, they're completely unreliable (truth being the
  18. standard).  They're all made by agencies with conflicts of interest.  It's
  19. standard practice for these agencies to make up numbers out of thin air, as
  20. they aren't even checked much of the time.
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  23. Tim Starr - Renaissance Now! - Think Universally, Act Selfishly
  24. starr@genie.slhs.udel.edu
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  26. "True greatness consists in the use of a powerful understanding to enlighten
  27. oneself and others." - Voltaire
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