At 17:41 96.07.27 +0200, Mike van der Merwe wrote:

I can just see the FBI screaming "we need weaker encryption to combat terrosism on US soil" with nasty effects -- it seems all to many people, lawmakers included, will be only to happy to sacrifice their privacy that the FBI can better combat these terrorist acts (which could *of course* could been prevented had only the FBI been able to read their encrypted mail...)

Somehow I got the feeling watching CNN that the FBI was given a shitload of ammo. Call me cynical but the Reichstag fire comes to mind...

The phrase "Get a life" comes to mind. Wayne H.Allen whallen@capitalnet.com Pgp key at www.capitalnet.com/~whallen