The "bad guys" already have the encryption they need, do you think they will
jts say "oh shucks ok well use the one wiht the backdoor in it " the only
ppl that will be effected by this are ppl who desire to obey the law
by definition the bad guys wont comply
----- Original Message -----
From: "Anders Sandberg" <asa@nada.kth.se>
To: <extropians@extropy.org>
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 2:19 AM
Subject: Re: Sen. Judd Gregg (R-New Hampshire) called for a global
prohibition on encryption
>
> It was only to be expected. Note that we now are essentially back to
> square one with the clipper chip, but now with the added feature of
> global prohibitions and a likely strong support from the public and
> politicians. It is going to be an uphill battle to argue against this
> (especially in the US) without sounding like helping terrorism - despite
> that these backdoors would at most help trace people *after* a nefarious
> deed, not prevent it... Unless certain agencies are also given the
> rights to do some premptive searching, which might appeal to quite a few
> people too right now :-(
>
>
>
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