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Re: [getting off topic] Re: Freedom and security
On Thu, 2 May 1996, Mike McNally wrote:
> Rabid Wombat wrote:
>
> > If I send snail, there are "rules" governing who can open the envelope.
> > If I'm suspected of criminal activity, the community has recourse.
>
> If you don't encrypt or otherwise secure sensitive surface mail the same
> way you would e-mail, you deserve what you get. The community, of course,
> is in the same state with secure snail-mail case as it is with PGP-encrypted
> e-mail.
>
Yes, I CAN encrypt. The point being discussed is whether society should
allow me to do so, and if I have the RIGHT to do so. Classic freedom of
individual vs. rights of society. Plato, Aristotle, Montesquieu, etc. etc.
Can't swing a dead marsupial without hittin' a philosopher on 'punks
these days.
> Which reminds me of something I've been meaning to ask about. I read
> (probably in WiReD) about a bar-code-like (well, not *much* like, but
> ink-on-paper similar) technique for rendering data onto paper with
> enhanced properties of storage efficiency, resistance to degradation
> through photocopying, and ease of recovery via ordinary scanning. The
> stuff looks like bunches of little lines at different angles, I think.
> Anyway, what I'm curious about is whether encode/decode (i.e., print
> and scan) software is available.
>
Ah, the modern day version of the Rosetta Stone, unearthed in
post-nuclear holocaust Peoria ...
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