--> -->On Fri, 25 Feb 1994, LYLE, DAVID R. COMPEX wrote: --> -->>. . . -->> -->> -->3. Why we have a right to strong encryption. -->> -->> Actually, our constitution does not say we have the right to private -->> communication. It would be nice, but it's not a right. -->> --> -->Try the 9th Amendment on for size: --> -->"The enumeration in the Costitution, of certain rights, shall not be -->construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people." --> -->Privacy was a long recognized right in Anglo-American juris prudence. It -->goes all the way back to the very English idea that "a man's home is his -->castle." --> Sandy, please re-read what I said... "private communication". If this were a right, then wiretapping AT ALL would be illegal, and it is not. Don't get me wrong. I am all for private communications. I'm very much against restricting the public's access to encryption technology. What gets me is when everyone runs around saying "this is a right". lyled@pentagon-emh9.army.mil --> --> S a n d y --> --> --> -->