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They are still pushing SSCA

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (jamesd@echeque.com)
Thu Jul 18 15:51:52 2002

From: jamesd@echeque.com
To: cryptography@wasabisystems.com
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 11:08:44 -0700
In-reply-to: <5.1.1.6.0.20020717214436.01c858c8@mail.well.com>

    --
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-944668.html?tag=politech
: : 	Valenti predicted the U.S. government would need to
: : 	intervene in the debate over digital content and set
: : 	security standards. The  MPAA has welcomed a bill,
: : 	written by Senate Commerce Chairman  Fritz Hollings,
: : 	D-S.C., that restricts technology not adhering to
 : : 	government-approved "standard security technologies."

If you can stop a computer from copying bits, it is not a general
purpose computer and is only programmable by those specially
authorized. 

    --digsig
         James A. Donald
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