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- Newsgroups: sci.crypt
- Subject: Re: A new encryption problem?
- Message-ID: <1060.517.uupcb@grapevine.lrk.ar.us>
- From: jim.wenzel@grapevine.lrk.ar.us (Jim Wenzel)
- Date: 11 Nov 92 11:01:00 GMT
- Reply-To: jim.wenzel@grapevine.lrk.ar.us (Jim Wenzel)
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- I have been reading this newsgroup for several weeks with keen
- interest. And for one am in favor of the privacy that it permits.
- However, recently (yesterday) I had the opportunity to speak with a
- law enforcement official who had quite a different view.
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- He was calling from California in order to pick up the pgp program
- from us. Seems that they are on the case of a molestor who encrypted
- his information using PGP. If they can't crack it the molestor will
- more than likely walk due to lack of evidence. This has caused me
- some concern because we have agreed (volunteered) to be a
- distribution site for PGP (logon as PGP USER pw: PGP). Yet, I for
- one would hate to think that there is anyway we could help such scum
- in receiveing PGP or similar encryption technology.
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- At this point I am curious as to what others think. Both about
- distribution and about it's use by the underworld. I have read
- 'Dennings' report and though I disagree with it on several points
- this particular case does raise some real-life issues pertinent to
- the discussion. If a law was to be passed (and you can bet that if
- cases like this one in particular continue one will be) how would
- you like it to read?
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