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RE: Clipper Death Threat
On Fri, 25 Feb 1994, LYLE, DAVID R. COMPEX wrote:
>. . .
>
> -->3. Why we have a right to strong encryption.
>
> Actually, our constitution does not say we have the right to private
> communication. It would be nice, but it's not a right.
>
Try the 9th Amendment on for size:
"The enumeration in the Costitution, of certain rights, shall not be
construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."
Privacy was a long recognized right in Anglo-American juris prudence. It
goes all the way back to the very English idea that "a man's home is his
castle."
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