Re: A temporal remailing (was: CDA = death of crypto)
At 3:26 AM 2/7/96, anonymous-remailer@shell.portal.com wrote:
CDA means that virtually all underground or 'illegal' traffic will be distributed via encryption.
As soon as the loony right and fundo Christians realise this, they *will* call for legislation against encryption, and if the CDA is any benchmark, they will easily win.
4-1-99. NYT:
"Congress Passes "Children's Protection and Safe Information Highways" Bill"
"In a vote of 479-12 in the House of Representatives and 93-5 in the Senate, the "Children's Protection and Safe Information Highways Bill" was sent to the President, who is expected to sign it on Thursday.
"The Bill criminalizes the possession of unauthorized cryptographic programs and extends the Telecom Act of 1996 and the Digital Telephony Act of 1994 to regulate the new cyberspace frontier.
"Attorney-General Louis Freeh pushed for the legislation, citing the growing use of cryptography by dissidents and criminals. "We are hoping Congress will next pass the "Secure and Decent Cyberspace Bill." This bill, nick-named the "Crypto-Kingpins Bill," will subject traffickers in illegal crypto to the same harsh penalties meted out to drug kingpins. "While it may seem harsh to execute a person for possession of a key greater than 60 bits, we must consider the terrible consequences for our children of people writing down things the government cannot read," Freeh said.
BAD_nws
So the're going to arrest us all? It's unconstitutional (of course!) and unenforcable. It will have the same effect as Prohibition. lunaslide On the meridian of time there is no injustice, only the poetry of motion creating the illusion of truth and drama. Henry Miller -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6.2 mQBvAzD3EHEAAAEDAMVwZzXozPjX18mCenA5fJsdWZXcrhJCxPR+SoVCmR7d4ZVU mwITzPTHo/GyLvJrWyk5YdhheczyY2VSawaMrCN/nWA7K9lwAylbKyPxqBhRYJ3C 2wi2uD5LY2wypNOQyQARAQABtB5KZWZmIENvbm4gPGx1bmFzbGlkZUBsb29wLmNv bT6JAHUDBRAw+1bqS2NsMqTTkMkBAQkTAwCersFbCyk8O0MbGlNcZDAe24CLEWQ0 0C5EHni33W76UsG1bybcLsuMH6HVwLF7IqZivnzc7wkujYPQvCqn8HEYYTld8V9V Cou4dOvA8kV7rHvAn/LuLx7DRruLFrRoPSk= =OIT9 -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
On Wed, 7 Feb 1996 lunaslide@loop.com wrote:
BAD_nws
So the're going to arrest us all? It's unconstitutional (of course!) and unenforcable. It will have the same effect as Prohibition.
lunaslide
UNENFORCEABLE? so was prosecuting Phil Zimmerman --you might ask Phil how those years were and the legal bills and blacklisting? I'll use it; I been confronting big bad uncle for decades; big deal, what's one more? will you use it? My only comment in reality is Tim was charitable on the date. Tim, how would you feel about '97 instead of '99? As for the dreamers on the government NOT doing something illegal, the line forms to the right for reeducation. __________________________________________________________________________ go not unto usenet for advice, for the inhabitants thereof will say: yes, and no, and maybe, and I don't know, and fuck-off. _________________________________________________________________ attila__ To be a ruler of men, you need at least 12 inches.... There is no safety this side of the grave. Never was; never will be.
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