From: "mycal (voices through your head @ 88.1MHz)" Date: Thu, 30 Sep 93 16:02:27 PDT To: "J. Eric Townsend" Subject: Re: misc crypto stuff Message-ID: <2cab57ba.acsys@NetAcsys.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain On Thu, 30 Sep 93 18:33:08 GMT, "J. Eric Townsend" wrote: > "mycal (voices through your head @ 88.1MHz)" writes: >> [my prediction deleted] > > Already happened. The fellow used something like PGP, if not PGP, to > encrypt stuff to disk. If I remember correctly (Mike G., help me out > here) he was asked to cough up the passwords in court as part of the > legal proceedings. (I remember this only because of the following > discussion of 'can a court make me give out my passwords?) No call > for banning of encryption by The Media(tm). > Yes but if this is true it still was an isolated case, was they guy sending stuff to other ppl encrypted? Was he receiveing porn from over seas? Or was he just protecting his personal notes? The Media and the sheep, i mean ppl, wouldn't be moved to take a hard position if it is just one guy protecting his diary, even if it contained lots of evidance. But give them a network of child porno guys, and a well done under cover operation that gives just enough information that uncrackable crypto was used and that the police were lucky in catching these guys with inside info and that there are many encrypted messages flowing in and out, and throughout the US that could be pornographers just like these guys, or worse, and the police are powerless to do anything, even if they suspect wrong doing. Just watch the Media jump all over this one. mycal