Outlawing Encryption under PATRIOT II

[Dave Farber <farber () trial danger net>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Forno <rforno () infowarrior org>
To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Subject: Outlawing Encryption under PATRIOT II
Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2003 08:11:52 -0500


Dave - sobering article that brings to mind visions of PGP's woes in 
the
1990s.....the government STILL doesn't get it when it comes to 
cyber-crime
and techno-policy, does it?

-rick
Infowarrior.org


http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/29538.html

There is nothing like the fear of weapons of mass destruction to bring 
out
weary old legislative proposals. Earlier this month, it leaked out that 
the
Justice Department was considering a broad expansion of its 
investigative
authority, including the creation of new criminal offenses, ostensibly 
to
assist in the fight against terrorism. Many of the proposals contained 
in
the "Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003" had nothing to do with
fighting terrorism, but would substantially increase penalties for 
such
mundane offenses as wire fraud or claiming too many deductions on a 
federal
tax return.

< - snip - >

If you order a book from Amazon.com and fail to pay state tax, the SSL
session with Amazon supports a five year felony.  [RFF - I'd also 
include
using GSM cell phones with the built-in encryption....]

< - snip - >

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/29538.html
--farber

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