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Re: Cryptography Legislation
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Donald E. Eastlake 3rd)
Thu Sep 25 11:14:17 1997
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 11:01:14 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Donald E. Eastlake 3rd" <dee@cybercash.com>
To: cryptography@c2.net
In-Reply-To: <199709251452.KAA01322@jekyll.piermont.com>
Things other people have said before:
(1) Those who give up freedom for security will soon have neither.
(2) No person's life, liberty, or property are safe as long as the
legislature is in session.
(3) A policeman's lot is not a happy one.
Donald
On Thu, 25 Sep 1997, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
> Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 10:52:05 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
> To: cryptography@c2.net
> Subject: Cryptography Legislation
>
>
> One of the things that strikes me as being odd about the current
> crypto debate is that it pits about 90% of the informed public against
> a tiny minority of law enforcement officials.
>
> Are we living in a democracy, or a police state? Last time I checked,
> the law enforcement officials were supposed to be our servants, not
> our masters. *WE* decide what is good for us, not them, and the number
> of people supporting the FBI's position is tiny compared to the vast
> numbers of people who oppose it.
>
> Wasn't it Orson Welles who noted that a policeman's life is only easy in
> a police state?
>
> Perry
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