I only want to voice my opinion here, not start a debate. So here goes:
Encryption is a waste of time for honest people.
Regards, Jim Darrough
At 10:40 AM 9/14/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 09:49:13AM -0700, Dennis J. Eberl wrote:
> >
> >I did. Back doors are a good idea. We need strict laws to cover there use.
> >fsck that, Jacob.
> >
>
>Over and above the civil rights issues, back doors are a technical idiocy.
>Any encryption that comes pre-equipped with vulnerabilities will be cracked
>by the "unauthorized" in short order, and will be as generally useful as
>ROT13.
>Moreover, it's rather late to stuff the genie back in the bottle; when
>effective
>crypto is outlawed, the outlaws will continue to use effective crypto.
>
>Also, since you've apparently got "nothing to hide", would you mind posting
>your credit card numbers, ATM PINs, account passwords, and teenage daughter's
>phone number to the list?
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