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FC: Op-ed on encryption: Privacy is no longer an argument

------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date sent: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 00:53:10 -0400 From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com> To: politech@politechbot.com Subject: FC: Op-ed on encryption: Privacy is no longer an argument Send reply to: declan@well.com

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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