-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Marcus G. Daniels wrote: > I would rest much easier knowing there were no such back doors.
Yep, that's true and I agree. Besides, with the immense sums of money we heap on agencies like the NSA so that they (and few others) have the ability to crack encryption codes, back-doors are rendered moot. If they know who they're targeting, they can crack the encryption the targets use. The one problem with that is that we would be implicitly condoning the continuation of huge (secret) budgets for these agencies.... as Bush might say, "in the interests of national security". A conservative might rather choose to give the government a back door, reduce the funding of the NSA, and proceed to mitigate against the alternate set of risks you cite if it might consume fewer resources. Personally, I'd rather defund the NSA, not provide back doors, and restrict government to a tiny portion of political activities. But I have no evidence that would result in a more civil society. [grin] - -- glen e. p. ropella, 971-219-3846, http://tempusdictum.com A government that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all away. -- Barry Goldwater -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGvJzlZeB+vOTnLkoRAlYAAJ9AXw+6jXf9mXvs+xeVRJuG1nKRagCgtpyO fho8q8E6dcVgunGgE9aGCF0= =/Njk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
