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Re: The problem of playing politics with our constitutional rights
On Fri, 12 Sep 1997, Glenn Hauman wrote:
> Since you asked: about 20% of the US population has used the Internet or an
> online service in the past 30 days, according to Mediamark Research Spring
> 97. Under 40% own a PC at home, about 40% use one at work.
Now how do you convince people that strong encryption is a very
good thing.
I'll lay odds that the majority of those people think that all
encryption should be banned.
I know where I work, the idea that encryption should be legal
is scoffed at. << That includes the drug dealers that work
there. So much for the assertion that drug dealers use
encryption. >>
Hypothetical question:
How will law enforcement deal with my
Enochian to Linear-B / Egyptian Hieroglyphics / Maya translation
program, if encryption is banned? It does provide clear text,
albeit is a language that they don't understand.