In <199610040033.RAA18660@netcom19.netcom.com>, on 10/03/96 at 05:33 PM, "Vladimir Z. Nuri" <vznuri@netcom.com> said:
regarding (2): the government may actually help bring crypto to the masses via the post office and other routes. are cpunks going to continue to hold the simplistic, reactionary, knee-jerk, black-and-white opinion that "anything with the word 'government' in it is evil"? "if the government is doing something, then we must sabotage it"?
Hmmmm.... It seems that your are not familiar with the fact that a false sense of security is WORSE than no security at all. This is exactly what this type of "crypto" provides: a FALSE sense of security. The masses are much better off with out any crypto that some sudo-crypto provided by the government. Atleast when you send messages in the clear the user knows that it is open for everyone to read and not to send sensitive info.
I'll be watching the debate closely, as the true extremists incapable of compromise (and thereby living in a fantasy world) show their colors....
<sigh> another simpleton. Why is it whenever anyone stands up against the "powers that be" to defend their rights and the Consitution they are branded as "extreamist". Just which Article of the Bill of Rights should we "compromise" on next? It is obvious you have no respect for the 1st, 4th & 5th admendments or a clue as to what they stand for or how they relate to this issue. -- ----------------------------------------------------------- William H. Geiger III http://www.amaranth.com/~whgiii Geiger Consulting WebExplorer & Java Enhanced!!! Cooking With Warp 4.0 Author of PGPMR2 - PGP Front End for MR/2 Ice Look for MR/2 Tips & Rexx Scripts Get Work Place Shell for Windows!! PGP & MR/2 the only way for secure e-mail. Finger whgiii@amaranth.com for PGP Key and other info -----------------------------------------------------------