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Re: (Fwd) New crypto bill clears committee
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Hettinga)
Fri Jun 20 15:54:16 1997
In-Reply-To: <v03007800afd062b8ede2@[172.17.1.61]>
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 1997 15:15:58 -0400
To: Adam Shostack <adam@homeport.org>
From: Robert Hettinga <rah@shipwright.com>
Cc: cryptography@c2.net
> At 7:56 AM -0400 6/20/97, Adam Shostack wrote:
> I plan to spend a substaintial portion of my day explaining to the
> large companies I consult with that this is a very bad thing, and they
> should be opposing its advance.
Said syllogistically,
Digital Commerce *is* Financial Cryptography,
Financial Cryptography is Strong Cryptography,
therefore,
Digital Commerce is Strong Cryptography.
therefore,
No Strong Cryptography, no Digital Commerce.
Instructions for use of this syllogism:
Invite 'em to a presentation.
Use one proposition per slide, with nothing on the slide but the
proposition, centered vertically and horizontally. Don't make handouts.
Put up the first slide, and defend the proposition.
Repeat until last slide.
Ask for questions.
The bill is in the mail. ;-).
QED,
RAH
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