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

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----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Choate <ravage at ssz.com>
To: <cypherpunks at einstein.ssz.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2001 9:31 PM
Subject: Re: Re: Op-ed on encryption: Privacy is no longer an argument


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> On Sun, 23 Sep 2001, Bill Stewart wrote:
>
> > At 03:10 PM 09/23/2001 -0500, Jim Choate wrote:
>
> > >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,
>
> Same damn thing. Your point is moot.
>
> Your comparison is thus...if I drive a car then I should have my house
> searched because I might(!) drive through your house. That isn't
> compatible with the 4th. That is what the crypto argument breaks down to.
> Not that I have done it or will do it. But that you can't search my house,
> irrespective of whether I did or didn't drive through yours; and you want
> to search my house.
>
> The point is to gain the opportunity for unrestrained entry to others
> property and activities.
>
> Explain how searching my house keeps me from still driving my car into
> yours? It doesn't.
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