From: Marc.Ringuette@GS80.SP.CS.CMU.EDU
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 23:08:40 PST
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: the bill of rights hasn't been revoked. not yet, anyway.
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> I've been thinking about this a bit, and it seems that the Constitution's
> Bill of Rights has all the provisions required to implement and legally
> use digital money, secure encryption, and anonymous communication networks.

I agree, but only if you do all the public key encryption inside your head.

:-)   :-(

You're interpreting the first amendment much more liberally than current
legal practice would warrant.  Just because something is an act of
communication doesn't mean it's protected speech under the first amendment.


-- Marc Ringuette (mnr@cs.cmu.edu)