From: nobody@REPLAY.COM (Anonymous)
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 03:19:57 +0800
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Subject: Re: Sen. DiFi in the Merc 9/15 - Same old Same old
Message-ID: <199709161905.VAA28825@basement.replay.com>
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Bill Stewart wrote, quoting DiFi:
>"Encryption is already being used by criminals, terrorists, and drug
>cartels.  THe terrorists who bombed the World Trade Center had plans
>to blow up 11 American commercial airliners.  Encrypted files
>detailing these plots were found on one of the terrorists' computers.
>Imagine the tragedies that might not be prevented if Law Enforcement
>officials are unable to decode encrypted files when necessary."

Imagine how many tragedies could have been prevented if we had a
telescreen in every home and office.  Not just bombings, but murders,
spousal abuse, child abuse, drug use, uninformed political
decisions...

People have been making bombs and blowing things up for about 100
years.  Until now this has been a manageable problem without mass
surveillance.  What happened?  Did the price of fertilizer drop?

Monty Cantsin
Editor in Chief
Smile Magazine
http://www.neoism.org/squares/smile_index.html
http://www.neoism.org/squares/cantsin_10.html

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