1997-09-26 - re: Chutzpah! FBI Calls Privacy Extremists Elitist

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From: Martin Minow <minow@apple.com>
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
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UTC Datetime: 1997-09-26 07:44:48 UTC
Raw Date: Fri, 26 Sep 1997 15:44:48 +0800

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From: Martin Minow <minow@apple.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 1997 15:44:48 +0800
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Subject: re: Chutzpah!  FBI Calls Privacy Extremists Elitist
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>Addressing a workshop on how far society should go in trading off
>privacy for effective law enforcement, McDonald said privacy activists
>had fought any balance in proposed encryption legislation.

> ... Extreme privacy
>positions were ultimately elitist and nondemocratic in that they
>presumed the views of a knowing privacy cognoscenti should pre-empt
>the views of the nation's elected officials and the Supreme Court,
>McDonald said.

This reminds me of the state legislature that tried to change the
value of pi to something simpler in order to help students
struggling with their homework. Fortunately, someone had the
good sense to bring in a "knowing mathematics cognoscenti" to
pound some sense into the politicians.

>Extremists presumed that the citizens could not trust the elected
>government and the Supreme Court to make decisions or to correct
>mistakes if any are made, McDonald said.

Where is Thomas Jefferson when you really need him?

Martin Minow
minow@apple.com







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