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RE: Clipper Death Threat
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-->On Fri, 25 Feb 1994, LYLE, DAVID R. COMPEX wrote:
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-->>. . .
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-->> -->3. Why we have a right to strong encryption.
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-->> Actually, our constitution does not say we have the right to private
-->> communication. It would be nice, but it's not a right.
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-->Try the 9th Amendment on for size:
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-->"The enumeration in the Costitution, of certain rights, shall not be
-->construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."
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-->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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Sandy, please re-read what I said... "private communication". If this were
a right, then wiretapping AT ALL would be illegal, and it is not.
Don't get me wrong. I am all for private communications. I'm very much
against restricting the public's access to encryption technology. What gets
me is when everyone runs around saying "this is a right".
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