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Re: FLASH: Vice President Gore Questions Current Key Escrow Policy!
- To: jkreznar@ininx.com (John E. Kreznar), djw@eff.org
- Subject: Re: FLASH: Vice President Gore Questions Current Key Escrow Policy!
- From: djw@eff.org (Daniel J. Weitzner)
- Date: Fri, 11 Feb 1994 10:07:20 -0600
- Cc: alt-privacy-clipper@cs.utexas.edu, alt-privacy@cs.utexas.edu, alt-wired@cs.utexas.edu, alt-2600@cs.utexas.edu, comp-risks@cs.utexas.edu, TK0JUT2@MVS.CSO.NIU.EDU, alt-activism@cs.utexas.edu, misc-legal@cs.utexas.edu, cypherpunks@toad.com, thesegroups@tic.com, sea-list@panix.com, eff-austin@tic.com
At 10:21 PM 2/10/94 -0800, John E. Kreznar wrote:
>> The Electronic Frontier Foundation is working to protect your privacy. To
>> help stop Clipper and eliminate export controls on cryptography, support a
>> bill introduced in the House of Representatives, HR 3627. To support the
>> bill, send email to <cantwell@eff.org>.
>
>I wish I knew how to help you wake up and smell the contradiction here.
>In one breath you acknowledge that government is an enemy of privacy,
>and in the next you encourage acting to endorse and empower that very
>government by petitioning it.
>
>Secede now! Then your works need not be exported from US because they
>wouldn't be there to begin with!
Part of waking up and smelling the coffee is realizing that there IS a
government out there which makes and enforces laws which have an impact on
all of us. Now I happen to believe that, on balance, it's a good thing to
have a government that is at least marginally representative. But even if
I didn't believe that, I would believe that we should be working to change
laws that screw up our lives.
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Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping
tom to install your window blinds. - John Perry Barlow, EFF co-founder
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is working to protect your privacy. To
help stop Clipper and eliminate export controls on cryptography, support a
bill introduced in the House of Representatives, HR 3627. To support the
bill, send email to <cantwell@eff.org>.
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Daniel J. Weitzner, Senior Staff Counsel <djw@eff.org>
Electronic Frontier Foundation 202-347-5400 (v)
1001 G St, NW Suite 950 East 202-393-5509 (f)
Washington, DC 20001
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