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- From: jsteiner@anwsun.phya.utoledo.edu (jason 'Think!' steiner)
- Newsgroups: sci.crypt
- Subject: Re: Registered Keys - why the need?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov10.113117.11080@uoft02.utoledo.edu>
- Date: 10 Nov 92 16:31:16 GMT
- Article-I.D.: uoft02.1992Nov10.113117.11080
- References: <TSOS.157.721389627@uni-duesseldorf.de>
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- TSOS@uni-duesseldorf.de (Detlef Lannert) writes:
- > >>The major difference between guns and cars are that licensing and
- > >>registration have not been suggested as a way to reduce the
- > >>numbers of cars in private hands. This has been said a number of
- > >>times for guns. [...]
- >
- > I'm afraid that the comparison of cryptographic key registration to
- > the registration of cars and guns can be misleading.
-
- in some aspects, yes.
-
- > Possessing (and using) a car or a gun is a privilege and can
- > infringe on other people's rights.
-
- this isn't entirely true. at least in the US, possession of arms is
- a -right-.
-
- > Free communication, however, is IMHO not a dangerous device at all,
- > and therefore I don't see why it should be controlled by the
- > authorities.
-
- there's the rub. while communication isn't dangerous to you or me,
- it's a great threat to authoritarian governments.
-
- > Please don't engage in (albeit interesting) discussions about the
- > registration of guns, cars, planes, or what-have-you, thereby
- > creating false analogies and opening up new wealths of arguments
- > for the pro key registration lobby.
-
- ..which are just as fallacious as the ones they've been using
- for registration of "guns, cars, planes, or what-have-you".
-
- jason
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