-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Fri, 6 Mar 1998, Dave Emery wrote:
So yes, they have done at least as bad a thing to people who merely want to tinker with their radios and occasionally explore what is out there in the ether by passively and in private receiving radio signals as they have to gun owners, who at least possess a weapon capable of doing some serious harm. And there is not a single sentance in the legislation providing any kind of encouragement for the use of cryptography to protect the privacy of openly broadcast signals receivable for miles around, let alone mandating it.
Hmm.. the wording of the bill uses the word "communication" .. I wonder just what this is supposed to mean. Any ideas on what this means? Would this be deliberate transmission of a signal, or would EMR monitoring be covered by this too. Michael J. Graffam (mgraffam@mhv.net) http://www.mhv.net/~mgraffam -- Philosophy, Religion, Computers, Crypto, etc "..subordination of one sex to the other is wrong in itself, and now one of the chief hindrances to human improvement.." John Stuart Mill "The Subjection of Women" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 5.0i for non-commercial use Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBNQEUpwKEiLNUxnAfAQFllAP/VgdQpjerjenKUCjif58Jjoh718QKlf56 FvAyquQW+Q8TErWC5TE+H6QODMoNPJ645XkTN9M91qqpMCbWHvWDu6PpvDt58qa8 GVPOKtFBaUSGJuI6ph2GGI8ypciBTouDgnloCXLK/9be/lk0+BjcDBDRFPuqsc4k TG9p2lv6nTk= =WB2y -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----