US Finally Kills The 2nd Ammendment

[Steve Schear]

At 11:23 PM 1/12/2004, Tim May wrote:

>During the Carnivore debate, I argued that mandatory placement of computer 
>agents in systems was equivalent to quartering troops:
>
>< http://www.mail-archive.com/cypherpunks@algebra.com/msg03198.html>
>
>"The Third Amendment, about
>quartering troops, is seldom-applied.
>
>"But if I own a computer and I rent out accounts to others and the FBI
>comes to me and says "We are putting a Carnivore computer in your
>place," how else can this be interpreted _except_ as a violation of
>the Third?"
>
>This was from July, 2000. I believe it also came up in earlier 
>discussions, including in a panel I was on with Michael Froomkin at a CFP 
>in 1995.

I could assume this also applies to the the TCPS (if it is ever required) 
and FCC's new mandate that DTV video devices sold in the U.S. after 
December 31, 2004 include a 'cop' inside to enforce compliance with the 
broadcast flag.

steve