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  1. Xref: sparky sci.crypt:4424 comp.org.eff.talk:6826 alt.privacy:2127 talk.politics.guns:23691
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!ogicse!das-news.harvard.edu!husc-news.harvard.edu!boucher!kubo
  3. From: kubo@boucher.harvard.edu (Tal Kubo)
  4. Newsgroups: sci.crypt,comp.org.eff.talk,alt.privacy,talk.politics.guns
  5. Subject: Re: Registered Keys - why the need?
  6. Message-ID: <1992Nov6.200119.17185@husc3.harvard.edu>
  7. Date: 7 Nov 92 01:01:18 GMT
  8. Article-I.D.: husc3.1992Nov6.200119.17185
  9. References: <1992Nov4.193112.2349@netcom.com> <Bx7v6J.1wD@portal.hq.videocart.com> <1992Nov5.214347.27535@netcom.com>
  10. Organization: Dept. of Math, Harvard Univ.
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  12. Nntp-Posting-Host: boucher.harvard.edu
  13.  
  14. In article <1992Nov5.214347.27535@netcom.com> strnlght@netcom.com (David
  15. Sternlight) writes: 
  16. >
  17. >In most of the world cars have been registered for many years, yet no
  18. >democratic government has used that as a way to confiscate cars
  19. >(except for those used in law violations).
  20. >
  21.  
  22. If democratic governments demanded duplicates of your ignition keys,
  23. you might be more concerned.  That is the automotive analogue of
  24. cryto-key registration.
  25.  
  26.  
  27. -tal kubo@math.harvard.edu
  28.