Crypto Blamed for US terrorist attack - World Exclusive

Bruce Tober tbt at star-dot-star.co.uk
Wed, 12 Sep 2001 17:22:34 +0100


In message <Pine.SOL.3.96.1010912103210.10902G-100000@spey>, John
Henderson <jth@st-andrews.ac.uk> writes
>
>For the foreseeable future, strong encryption will be available to
>terrorist groups and no amount legislation is going to alter this.

Of course. When they criminalise encryption only the criminals will have
encryption.

>yesterday's catastrophe, there will be a sea change in opinion which will
>allow an even more extreme Bill to be enacted this time round.

I fear that's correct. As do most of the american colleagues I'm in
touch with.


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