> On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 15:30:35 -0400, Jochem van Dieten wrote:
>>
>> So just use an unregulated service. Or even better, cut out the
>> telco completely. A few years from now we will be using enum and
>> mobile IP and you will have a point-to-point connection encrypted
>> anyway you want.
>>
>> The only risk there is is people not using the tools available to
>> them.
>
> The risk here is the government making it illegal for people to use
> the tools available.
Even then, the risk is people not using the tools available to them. There is no effective strategy against 'civil disobedience'.
> For instance, instead of pushing encryption, they
> made it illegal for the average citizen to listen to cell towers on a
> scanner. In many places it's illegal to even own the scanner.
Not in Europe. Everybody has the right to receive any electronic signal that enters his premises.
Jochem
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