Re: Key Recovery / The True Story
At 01:59 PM 5/23/97 -0700, Ernest Hua wrote:
Is it EVER okay for spooks to break into a church's computer to find out if they are secret terrorists?
I'm not sure the answer is clearly one way or another, and I am willing to bet that the tone of the answers will mostly be emotional appeals to some idealistic standard or pessimistic nightmares.
From a pragmatic standpoint, if the feds can burn down a church with the worshippers still inside with impunity, it stands to reason that breaking into their computers would not be a very big deal.
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At 01:59 PM 5/23/97 -0700, Ernest Hua wrote:
Is it EVER okay for spooks to break into a church's computer to find out if they are secret terrorists?
I'm not sure the answer is clearly one way or another, and I am willing to bet that the tone of the answers will mostly be emotional appeals to some idealistic standard or pessimistic nightmares.
From a pragmatic standpoint, if the feds can burn down a church with the worshippers still inside with impunity, it stands to reason that breaking into their computers would not be a very big deal.
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