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TDO writes
"A new encryption bill has passed a sub committee. Next it will go to the main Judiciary Panel. It may also have to go through up to four more Panels before it goes to the floor. The bill would loosen restrictions on encyption that could be exported. Read the article here. "
Judiciary Comittee (Score:1)
This is the same bunch of losers that headed up a sense of the house resolution that read something to the effect of "Marijuana is a dangerous and addictive drug", smacked D.C. voters across the tender bits by not letting them count the votes for one of their ballot initiatives, and I'm pretty sure they're the ones that started the whole Monica/Clinton investigation.
The Judiciary Comittee should be disbanded.
--Threed
Text of Bill? (Score:1)
--Phil (My English teacher is probably going to regret letting us pick our own subjects...:)
I wish there were details (Score:1)
I've got to get out of this place.
The problem isn't the crypto laws (Score:1)
It's safely offshore, and has all the crypto you could possibly want.
This bill is only good for large businesses (Score:1)
Any step towards loosening restrictions is a good one, but this bill does not address the concerns that the free software community cares most about.
I wish there were details (Score:1)
Frankly, I doubt it. I think most people with programs like this will not go to the bother of filling out 15 government forms.
- Sam Trenholme
I wish there were details (Score:1)
- Sam Trenholme
they already can (Score:1)
The problem isn't the crypto laws (Score:1)
The problem isn't the crypto laws (Score:1)
exactly this. Therefore, civil disobedience is
risky. There are too many people obeying the rules. Making too much noise about it.
crypto need examples (Score:1)
Newt Gingrich probably wishes that he was using at least a digital cell phone with minimal encryption when he got scannered down in Florida some years back. He was discussing with GOP leaders how to dodge an ethics charge over a course he taught. It was a mild scandal, both for the political content of the call and for the accusations of illegal (wireless) wiretapping.
I think one of the British royals had an analog cordless phone conversation with his girlfriend taped too. It showed up in the tabloids.
Then there's the Reagan administration's email trail that came up during the Iran/Contra hearings. I think I recall this coming up when Ollie North was in front of congress.
There were the break-ins of liberal/left organizations in the US, where nothing was taken except the disks and address lists. The Central America group at least.
...The best argument for crypto I've seen, is in the user feedback section of Zimmerman's site:
http://www.nai.com/products/security/phil/phil-
Personally, I've had my email snooped by an unethical sysadmin once.
Other examples?
I wish there were details (Score:1)
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Isn't this a repeat? (Score:1)
"Clueful Crypto Legislation [slashdot.org]"
you should be glad you stayed anonymous.... (Score:1)
They can do it anyway. Import is legal (Score:1)
So all they have to do is purchase OpenBSD and set up a VPN. 384 bit blowfish (effective key length above 96 bit).
Read the full text of the bill, you idiot (Score:1)
Absolutely incorrect.
Hey Al Gore! Help us!!!! (Score:1)
Fuck all gore!
let BILL GATES save us!
we can make us a unbreakable 2bit encryption!
wow! (Score:1)
I'm going to be optimistic and assume this is sarcasm.
Non-US Encryption. (Score:1)
Key Escrow (Score:1)
Not true (Score:1)
It's a first step, anyway. You know the saying about the rock rolling down a hill...
Darn... (Score:1)
Just jokin' - we support this bill, trust me.