[IP] One Internet provider's view of FBI's CALEA wiretap push

Pete Capelli pcapelli at ieee.org
Thu Apr 22 13:00:49 PDT 2004


> At 12:09 PM +0200 4/22/04, Eugen Leitl wrote:
> >Are you truly expecting a worldwide ban on encryption?
>
> Amen.
>
> It's like expecting a worldwide ban on finance. Been tried. Doesn't work.

But the goal isn't to ban it; just marginalize it enough to be able to tar
it as a terrorist action.

True, there is no worldwide ban on finance.  But there is the delightful
'know your customer' law.





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