On Thu, 7 Nov 1996, Peter Hendrickson wrote:
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
If crypto is made a criminal offense, only criminals will use crypto. --Deviant I have discovered that all human evil comes from this, man's being unable to sit still in a room. -- Blaise Pascal