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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: Syniker@aol.com
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UTC Datetime: 1997-09-12 04:55:39 UTC
Raw Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 12:55:39 +0800

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From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 12:55:39 +0800
To: Syniker@aol.com
Subject: Re: The problem of playing politics with our constitutional rights
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Your general idea is right-on. If lots of folks use crypto, it'll be
politically more difficult for the government to ban it. But do many
browser users even //know// they're using an encrypted channel? Probably
not. This is an education issue as well as a deployment issue.

-Declan


On Thu, 11 Sep 1997 Syniker@aol.com wrote:

> I still maintain... they can diddle one another all they want
> in washington... if ENOUGH people use crypto everyday...
> there's bascially not a damned thing they can do about it...
> If it becomes 'fashionable' to use it -- whatever it takes...
> the sheer numbers will work...
> Why not a 'crypto' YES WWW thing like our blackout pages???
> If enough people put those perl lines on their hompage...
> there you are -- instant mass 'export'.... boom...
> 
> Larry.
> 
>

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