17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
If I understand the reasoning, people beleive it is easier to prevent the release of strong crypto. techiniques than to remove them once they are released.
The reasons underlying this are what I don't completely understand.
Once a terrorist has strong crypto, why should they stop using it if it becomes illegal?
Use of strong crypto would be a tip off that one is a terrorist. If strong cryptography were unpopular and highly illegal, very few people would be using it. This makes it easy to identify suspects. Peter Hendrickson ph@netcom.com