crypto in the NY Times

[Duncan Frissell <frissell@panix.com>]

Control freaks - yah gotta love 'em.

DD in today's Times - "I was exposed to cases where wiretaps had actually 
stopped crimes in the making...If they didn't have this tool, some of 
these things might have happened."

I have been exposed to cases where torture actually stopped crimes in the 
making...

I have been exposed to cases in which locking the entire population of a 
nation into a totalitarian control regime with internal passports and 
everything has actually stopped crimes in the making...

I have been exposed to cases in which decimating the inhabitants of a 
village actually stopped crimes in the making.

Guess what control freaks:  The guy next door may have strong crypto, a 
gun, and a car with a tank full of gasoline with enough energy in it to 
blow up your house.  There's not a goddamned thing on this good green 
earth that you can do about it.  Get used to it.  Learn to trust people 
until proven otherwise. 

DCF


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