[Cryptography][Law] Jeremy Hammond Banned from using Cryptography

[Shawn K. Quinn]

On Fri, Nov 15, 2013, at 06:57 PM, Privarchy Mee wrote:
> The claim is that Judge Loretta A. Preska, who sentenced Jeremy Hammond
> today, said that for the three years (post-release) that he was to spend
> under supervision, he will not be able to use encryption for
> communication
> or storage purposes(!) which is practically a legal edict to go and build
> a
> cabin by Walden Pond. How can this be considered anything but cruel and
> unusual?

Simple explanation: Idiot judge who simply does not understand
technology and just wants good PR for the court. This is simply
unconscionable and unenforceable and will probably be at least
accidentally disobeyed at least once without the court's knowledge.

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  Shawn K. Quinn
  skquinn at rushpost.com