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- From: ron@zooid.guild.org (Secret Mud)
- Newsgroups: sci.crypt,comp.org.eff.talk,alt.privacy,talk.politics.guns
- Subject: Re: Registered Keys - why the need?
- Message-ID: <721149292.12709@zooid.guild.org>
- Date: 7 Nov 92 15:14:52 GMT
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- From: strnlght@netcom.com (David Sternlight)
- >
- >Karl Denninger asserts that registration is a prelude to confiscation.
- >
- >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).
- >
- >--
- >David Sternlight
- >(pgp 2.0 and ripem public keys available on request)
-
- Registering a car means the government has a computer file with car
- information. Registering an encryption key mean that the government (or
- anyone who hacks/steals it from them) can reach out and 'touch' any of your
- data that they can get their hands on.
-
- I wouldn't say the two are quite the same.
-