1995-09-07 - Re: Are booby-trapped computers legal?

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From: Bryce Wilcox <wilcoxb@nag.cs.colorado.edu>
To: hallam@w3.org
Message Hash: 8ae6d2cdcd1812adc781660c00f389eb7fa78d3143ec000c63f68d2114fdae66
Message ID: <199509070020.SAA01751@nag.cs.colorado.edu>
Reply To: <9509061938.AA02249@zorch.w3.org>
UTC Datetime: 1995-09-07 00:20:55 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 6 Sep 95 17:20:55 PDT

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From: Bryce Wilcox <wilcoxb@nag.cs.colorado.edu>
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 95 17:20:55 PDT
To: hallam@w3.org
Subject: Re: Are booby-trapped computers legal?
In-Reply-To: <9509061938.AA02249@zorch.w3.org>
Message-ID: <199509070020.SAA01751@nag.cs.colorado.edu>
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> There is no self defense argument where the purpose is not to prevent
> physical harm. 


If this were a political philosophy list I would state that self-defense
justification often extends to property (As I believe it should).  Since 
this is a cryptography-and-social-changes-thereof list I will refrain...


> People who go round drawing parallels to gun ownership and cryptography 
> ownership are simply playing into the governments hands.
<snip>


No!  Stop!  Don't say it!  PLEASE go post this message to 
alt.security, talk.politics.guns and alt.fan.david-sternlight and keep it 
away from this list...


Bryce (toss in alt.flame while you are at it...)

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