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Re: Crypto-victory in Commerce; Oxley talks about nuking Congress
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeff Hale)
Thu Sep 25 11:22:01 1997
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 09:08:27 -0600 (MDT)
From: Jeff Hale <privacy@rt66.com>
To: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
cc: cryptography@c2.net
In-Reply-To: <v03007802b04f6ff7f901@[204.254.21.43]>
Declan:
I want to thank you for your detailed reporting on such a crucial issue.
Your posts over the past few weeks have taken us on the roller coaster
ride of representative government -- with all of it's MANY flaws. The
worst part is hearing security versus freedom debates couched in the most
emotional (and often inappropriate) terms -- a la "the NSA/FBI need GAK to
protect you from child pornographers." Privacy rights get swept aside in
rhetorical bombast from Praetorian guards of the State -- the same folks
(and same mindset) that brought us COINTELPRO.
I'm no crypto expert, but I comprehend fully the stakes in this
debate/battle. Your (daunting) job is convincing John Q Public, who is
generally busy with life's other issues, to pay attention to
privacy issues.
Let's hope the outcome on crypto/GAK is better than we experienced with
CALEA. Thanks' again for your efforts.
Jeff Hale
Santa Fe
privacy@rt66.com
