6 Nov
2000
6 Nov
'00
10:40 p.m.
At 09:47 PM 11/6/00 -0500, Alan Olsen wrote:
Going to jail won't stop anyone from figuring it out if that's what they want. I would be so bold as to suggest that if they make it illegal then you'll see a significant rise in the behaviour, along with increased use of anonymous remailers and Open Source software than can be kludged.
My personal opinion is that if the Government(tm) wants to make security illegal, then they should suffer for their actions.
The research will go on, no matter what. Making it illegal is not going to stop human curiosity.
Come on, we all know US neurosis covers all the globe...