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Re:(changed) Criminals and Crypto
Tobin T Fricke wrote:
> I think that is a good point. Of course, if all non-escrowed
> encryption techniques were made illegal, then the criminals would
> just have another broken law under their belt if they used
> strong encryption. After all, an outlaw is an outlaw because
> he has broken laws, so what sense does it make to make more
> laws for him to break? Hmph.
Exactly. As someone recently pointed out, the practical result
would only be to define a new class of single-crime criminals
(cypherpunks/cyphercriminals).
In my .se perspective this is emphasized by our penalty system.
In the foreseeable future (10 years?) they would never get away
with a harsher penalty for using un-GAKed crypto than a moderate
fine. To 'real' criminals, who usually don't have open assets to
forfeit (and the current praxis is then to forget about it after
a few years) and no reputation as law-abiders to defend, it would
be a joke, of course.
Mats