-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 After 9/11/2001, I thought I would change my mind about government/encryption, etc. Well, after thinking about it I decided I still want to retain the right to encrypt. The bottom line is that the bad guys will always encrypt, the government will always snoop and the rest of us will wonder what to do. Maybe the Australian goverment is truly benign but I don't feel that way about the US government. We have more federal police forces than we can afford and they all stay in business by snooping on ordinary citizens. So, I will give up no rights. When the Supreme Court says strong encryption is illegal, I will stop using it [I think]
- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason Yates" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 15:47 Subject: Re: strong encryption - governments denying individuals the rightto use > There is always the terrorist's, pedophiles, and spy's ohh my, card. > > I personally would suggest cliche phrases like. > > "If we allow encryption the terrorists will win!" > > On a side note, I suggest you change your argument to the pro side. > > Bruce Schneier has written some good material on pro encryption, check > out http://www.counterpane.com/crypto-gram.html or read his book "Secret > and Lies". > > BTW, not many people on this list are anti-encryption. > > -Jason > > > On Tue, 2002-04-23 at 20:19, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi all > > > > I am hoping that someone out there may be able to assist me with my > > assignment. > > > > I am having to write a position paper on - should our government > > (Australian) deny individuals the use of strong encryption? > > > > Unfortunately I have challenged myself and decided that I would support the > > idea of the Government denying individuals the right to use strong > > encryption. Only problem is I can't find any information that explicitly > > supports this argument, nor am I sure what I should put in this 'Position > > Paper'. > > > > Any ideas, any at all? > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Trina > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ ___ > > Unencrypted electronic mail is not secure and may not be authentic. > > If you have any doubts as to the contents please telephone to confirm. > > > > This electronic transmission is intended only for those to whom it is > > addressed. It may contain information that is confidential, privileged > > or exempt from disclosure by law. Any claim to privilege is not waived > > or lost by reason of mistaken transmission of this information. > > If you are not the intended recipient you must not distribute or copy this > > transmission and should please notify the sender. Your costs for doing > > this will be reimbursed by the sender. > > ____________________________________________________________________________ ___ > > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 7.0.3 for non-commercial use <http://www.pgp.com> iQA/AwUBPMmqPz8Qy3KPGlCLEQKXCgCfdVv2Bd0Pr6KS0amdnTVOlKkvYsIAn2dp alx9JkM2TS6/sMmvYtfJqRC1 =LerB -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
