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1997-09-12 - Re: The problem of playing politics with our constitutional rights

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From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
To: “James S. Tyre” <j.s.tyre@worldnet.att.net>
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From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 13:27:47 +0800
To: "James S. Tyre" <j.s.tyre@worldnet.att.net>
Subject: Re: The problem of playing politics with our constitutional rights
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On Thu, 11 Sep 1997, James S. Tyre wrote:

> So, the last rhetorical question -- how do you convince someone who's
> never used a browser (the vast majority of the voting populace, I'd
> think) why crypto is important?

You can make general pro-privacy arguments about wiretapping, which is
what I did in my Netly column yesterday. Or you can describe crypto in
detail, which is what I did in my February 1997 Internet Underground
feature. 

-Declan

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