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- From: watt-alan@net.yale.edu (Alan Watt)
- Subject: Re: Registered Keys - why the need?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov6.134822.5000@news.yale.edu>
- Originator: swatt@mickey.CS.Yale.Edu
- Sender: swatt%mickey@net.yale.edu (Alan Watt)
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- Organization: Yale University, Computing & Information Systems
- References: <DLB.92Nov4100421@fanny.wash.inmet.com> <1992Nov4.193112.2349@netcom.com> <Bx7v6J.1wD@portal.hq.videocart.com> <1992Nov5.214347.27535@netcom.com>
- Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 13:48:22 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov5.214347.27535@netcom.com>, strnlght@netcom.com (David Sternlight) writes:
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- |> Karl Denninger asserts that registration is a prelude to confiscation.
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- |> In most of the world cars have been registered for many years, yet no
- |> democratic government has used that as a way to confiscate cars
- |> (except for those used in law violations).
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- |> --
- |> David Sternlight
- |> (pgp 2.0 and ripem public keys available on request)
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- True. But no government where cars are registered has (yet) promoted
- a policy to restrict or ban private automobile ownership. When one
- does, you can bet the registration lists will be used to aid enforcement.
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- Further, *every* government I know that registers cars taxes them.
- Any guess what the registration information is used for?
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- Should the governement decide at some future time they wish to
- ban, restrict, or tax use of public key encryption technology,
- you can safely bet every dollar in your name that existing
- registration lists will be forwarded directly to the office
- responsible for enforcing the ban, restrictions, or taxes.
- --
- Alan S. Watt
- Yale University Computing and Information Systems
- Box 2112 Yale Station (203) 432-6602
- New Haven, CT 06520-2112 Watt-Alan@Yale.Edu
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