Op-ed on encryption: Privacy is no longer an argument

[Bill Stewart]

At 03:10 PM 09/23/2001 -0500, Jim Choate wrote:
>On Sun, 23 Sep 2001, Bill Stewart wrote:
> > It is bait and switch, but the argument is that if the
> > cops have keys to the house of the guy who drove the car into yours,
> > they can go see if he's got any co-conspirators and arrest them,
> > so the risk of getting caught is a deterrent to wouldbe co-conspirators
> > in future wouldbe crimes, and meanwhile it lets the cops look good
> > by catching the guys who helped do it.
>
>I think driving through my house qualifies as 'probable cause' to search
>his house IF there is evidence or a clear line of reasoning that it
>couldn't be done alone...

Well, of course.
But the analogy here was comparing house keys to crypto,
which, unlike houses, can only be opened and searched if the cops
have access to the keys, or if somebody left the back door open
or used weak enough crypto for brute force to let them break in.