From: Rich Graves <rich@c2.org>
Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 11:09:28 +0800
To: "John F. Fricker" <jfricker@vertexgroup.com>
Subject: Re: Oregon License Plate Site in the News Tonight!
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On Thu, 8 Aug 1996, John F. Fricker wrote:

> ObCypherpunks: How many people do you know that are working on a day to day
> basis with medical records systems, the District Attorney's computers, your
> doctor's computers, state Department of Health, and so on. I'm sure it's
> come up before but isn't this an obvious of application of encryption and
> PAK (Public Access to Keys)? Any legislation currently to _require_ that
> medical records and such be encrypted with access restricted. 

"Require"?

Wouldn't do shit. It's a social problem more than a technological problem.

-rich