Op-ed on encryption: Privacy is no longer an argument
http://www.wartimeliberty.com/article.pl?sid=01/09/21/0450203 Crypto Op-Ed: Privacy No Longer an Argument posted by admin on Thursday September 20, @11:39PM M. W. Guzy has a provocative and not entirely coherent essay in Wednesday's St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Excerpt: "(Then-Senator John) Ashcroft wrote that mandating deciphering tools was tantamount to requiring 'individuals to surrender the keys to their house... to the FBI just in case they are someday suspected of breaking the law.' Somehow, that argument rings a little hollow when viewed through the smoldering ruins of the World Trade Center... Now, the landscape has changed. National sovereignty is at stake, and defeat is not an option..." Note that Guzy's essay is part condemnation of modern capitalism, part criticism of business for its support of market liberalism, and entirely inspired by wartime rhetoric. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message -----
Speaking of ringing hollow... How does having keys to my house keep somebody from throwing a fire bomb on it, or driving a car through it? It don't. It's a bait and switch. After it's burned down or a big hole in its side a key is rather redundent. On Fri, 21 Sep 2001, Declan McCullagh wrote:
http://www.wartimeliberty.com/article.pl?sid=01/09/21/0450203
Crypto Op-Ed: Privacy No Longer an Argument posted by admin on Thursday September 20, @11:39PM
M. W. Guzy has a provocative and not entirely coherent essay in Wednesday's St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Excerpt: "(Then-Senator John) Ashcroft wrote that mandating deciphering tools was tantamount to requiring 'individuals to surrender the keys to their house... to the FBI just in case they are someday suspected of breaking the law.' Somehow, that argument rings a little hollow when viewed through the smoldering ruins of the World Trade Center
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