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[FYI] (Fwd) FC: Op-ed on encryption: Privacy is no longer an argument




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Date sent:      	Fri, 21 Sep 2001 00:53:10 -0400
From:           	Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
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Subject:        	FC: Op-ed on encryption: Privacy is no longer an argument
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http://www.wartimeliberty.com/article.pl?sid=01/09/21/0450203

   Crypto Op-Ed: Privacy No Longer an Argument
   posted by admin on Thursday September 20, @11:39PM

   M. W. Guzy has a provocative and not entirely coherent essay
   in Wednesday's St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Excerpt: "(Then-Senator
   John) Ashcroft wrote that mandating deciphering tools was
   tantamount to requiring 'individuals to surrender the keys to their
   house... to the FBI just in case they are someday suspected of
   breaking the law.' Somehow, that argument rings a little hollow
   when viewed through the smoldering ruins of the World Trade
   Center... Now, the landscape has changed. National sovereignty is
   at stake, and defeat is not an option..." Note that Guzy's essay is
   part condemnation of modern capitalism, part criticism of business
   for its support of market liberalism, and entirely inspired by
   wartime rhetoric. 



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