From: abostick@netcom.com (Alan Bostick)
Date: Sun, 21 Apr 1996 17:50:51 +0800
To: jimbell@pacifier.com
Subject: [Yadda Yadda] Re: OS/2 encryption utilities
In-Reply-To: <m0uAnQG-0008yqC@pacifier.com>
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In article <m0uAnQG-0008yqC@pacifier.com>,
jim bell <jimbell@pacifier.com> wrote:
> At 06:08 PM 4/20/96 -0400, Black Unicorn wrote:
> >On Sat, 20 Apr 1996 mirele@xmission.com wrote:
> >
> >> Due to the fact that I have been threatened by the Church of Scientology
> >> with legal action if I do not cease and desist posting encheferated
> >> parodies of their secret scripture (per a letter I received from Cult
> >> attorneys via Federal Express today) I am in search of OS/2 disk
> >> encryption programs.
> >
> >Were I a Co$ attorney, I would use this to bring discovery violations 
> >if I took you to court.
> 
> You know, I've always thought it odd how some people misuse the English 
> language when they speak in their chosen shorthand.  "bring discovery 
> violations"?  How, exactly, does one _BRING_ a "discovery violation"?   
> Like, maybe, bring it in a whellbarrow?!?   Is "bring" a proper word in this 
> context?  Why not stop using that silly shorthand.
> 
> BTW, you seem to have forgotten that this would be an excellent way to deter 
> the kind of "knock and smash" warrant service common amongst government 
> thugs.  Any argument by the cops that "we must break down the door or else 
> they'll erase the data!" is rendered obviously silly if the data is ALREADY 
> encrypted and inaccessible. If anything, it would make the data permanently 
> inaccessible since it would make (arguably) the release of a decrypt key 
> "incriminating" if it were a criminal case. 
> 
> Yet another excellent reason to encrypt the data is that it deters 
> burglaries, where the purpose of the burglary is to get this data illegally. 
>  Given the COS's history, that is a reasonable fear.
> 
> Jim Bell
> 
> jimbell@pacifier.com
> 

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