On Fri, 12 Sep 1997, Glenn Hauman wrote:
Since you asked: about 20% of the US population has used the Internet or an online service in the past 30 days, according to Mediamark Research Spring 97. Under 40% own a PC at home, about 40% use one at work.
Now how do you convince people that strong encryption is a very good thing. I'll lay odds that the majority of those people think that all encryption should be banned. I know where I work, the idea that encryption should be legal is scoffed at. << That includes the drug dealers that work there. So much for the assertion that drug dealers use encryption. >> Hypothetical question: How will law enforcement deal with my Enochian to Linear-B / Egyptian Hieroglyphics / Maya translation program, if encryption is banned? It does provide clear text, albeit is a language that they don't understand.