On Mon, 1 Apr 1996, jim bell wrote: <snip>
The proposal drew some opposition. "I think we'll regret it down the road," said Dorothy E. Denning, a professor of computer sciences at Georgetown University and a computer security consultant to the military. Dr. Denning and others have argued that the use of unrestricted encryption would thwart the ability of law-enforcement and intelligence agencies to conduct wiretaps on messages sent by foreign spies, terrorists, child pornographers and other criminals.
Damn! They keep leaving me out of their short list! Maybe they meant to lump me in with the groups they mentioned. I'm an American, so I can't be a "foreign spy," and my supply of child pornography is at a constant zero level. I'd sure hate to be lumped into an ignominious position with the "other criminals," however: What an unimpressive title!
Maybe I'll just have to settle for being called a terrorist. Harrumph!
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