Re: [TCLUG:2962] lynx w/ secure server

[Christopher Palmer <reid@pconline.com>]

On Tue, 29 Dec 1998, Vince Platt wrote:

> Just out of curiosity, does anyone have a good explanation we can hand law
> enforcement officials about why we believe encryption should not be
> controlled?  I mean, they really don't like to hear stuff about preventing
> police states and such, so how the heck are we going to manage to keep it
> legal otherwise without sounding pro-terrorist?

"I have First and Fifth Amendment rights, please give them to me" doesn't
go very far with law enforcement. You just have to *take* those rights,
not ask for them.

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