From: Brian Davis <bdavis@thepoint.net>
To: Russell Nelson <nelson@crynwr.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1995-12-10 06:40:16 UTC
Raw Date: Sat, 9 Dec 95 22:40:16 PST
From: Brian Davis <bdavis@thepoint.net>
Date: Sat, 9 Dec 95 22:40:16 PST
To: Russell Nelson <nelson@crynwr.com>
Subject: Re: Escrow expectations
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On Fri, 8 Dec 1995, Russell Nelson wrote:
> Duncan Frissell writes:
> > At 09:17 AM 12/8/95 -0500, Adam Shostack wrote:
> >
> > > "Your honor, we argue that in escrowing his keys with the US
> > >government, the defendant should have known his communications could
> > >be listened to, and thus has no expectation of privacy."
> >
> > If Clipper were mandated you might be able to resist a prosecution for
> > "failure to file" keys or for double encrypting your transmissions if you
> > could prove that you were transmitting illegal messages or evidence of a
> > crime. Just as those who possess illegal weapons are not required to
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > register them (self incrimination). You have to be sure your traffic is
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You are mistaken here. Failure to get a permit before turning a
semi-auto firearm into a fully-auto machine gun, for example, is illegal
as is possessing an unregistered machine gun ...
EBD
> > illegal though otherwise no protection.
>
> To bring two cypherpunks threads together:
>
> That SHIT should be FUCK no DAMN problem ANAL whatsoever in a few SEX
> months.
>
> -russ <nelson@crynwr.com> http://www.crynwr.com/~nelson
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>
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