RE: Crypto as contraband

[mgraffam@mhv.net]

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On Fri, 6 Mar 1998, Dave Emery wrote:
> 	So yes, they have done at least as bad a thing to people who
> merely want to tinker with their radios and occasionally explore what is
> out there in the ether by passively and in private receiving radio
> signals as they have to gun owners, who at least possess a weapon
> capable of doing some serious harm.  And there is not a single sentance
> in the legislation providing any kind of encouragement for the use of
> cryptography to protect the privacy of openly broadcast signals
> receivable for miles around, let alone mandating it.

Hmm.. the wording of the bill uses the word "communication" .. I wonder
just what this is supposed to mean. Any ideas on what this means? Would
this be deliberate transmission of a signal, or would EMR monitoring
be covered by this too.

Michael J. Graffam (mgraffam@mhv.net)
http://www.mhv.net/~mgraffam -- Philosophy, Religion, Computers, Crypto, etc
"..subordination of one sex to the other is wrong in itself, and now
one of the chief hindrances to human improvement.." John Stuart Mill
"The Subjection of Women"

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