Re: The problem of playing politics with our constitutional rights

On Thu, 11 Sep 1997, James S. Tyre wrote:

So, the last rhetorical question -- how do you convince someone who's never used a browser (the vast majority of the voting populace, I'd think) why crypto is important?

You can make general pro-privacy arguments about wiretapping, which is what I did in my Netly column yesterday. Or you can describe crypto in detail, which is what I did in my February 1997 Internet Underground feature. -Declan