rhetorical trickery

[Mark M.]

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On Fri, 8 Mar 1996, Dr. Dimitri Vulis wrote:

> Lance Deitweller posting as Vladimir Z. Nuri <vznuri at netcom.com> writes:
> > there is an infamous case of a child pornographer or pedophile in
> > California that is sometimes cited by law enforcement representatives
> > as a good example of the evils of encryption: supposedly he encrypted
> > his diary and it couldn't be unlocked by them. this was mentioned in
> > the article.
> 
> Did this really happen? I've never seen any concrete references to this
> incident and strongly suspect it's another urban legend.

There was an article in the July 1995 issue of Technology Review by
Dorothy Denning explaining the "evils of encryption" in defense of the
Clipper Chip which mentions this case.  I suspect that it actually
happened.

- --Mark

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