The problem of playing politics with our constitutional rights

[Declan McCullagh]

On Thu, 11 Sep 1997, James S. Tyre wrote:

> So, the last rhetorical question -- how do you convince someone who's
> never used a browser (the vast majority of the voting populace, I'd
> think) why crypto is important?

You can make general pro-privacy arguments about wiretapping, which is
what I did in my Netly column yesterday. Or you can describe crypto in
detail, which is what I did in my February 1997 Internet Underground
feature. 

-Declan