From: cme@ellisun.sw.stratus.com (Carl Ellison)
Subject: Re: Organized Lobbying for Cryptography
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In article <1993Apr21.113152.395@gems.vcu.edu> langford@gems.vcu.edu writes:
>1)  Second Amendment gives us the right to keep and bear arms.
>
>2)  Strong cryptography is "arms", according to the U.S. government (that's
>    why it's so hard to export).
>
>Therefore, we have a constituitional right to strong cryptography!  


Better, I think, is our right peacably to assemble.  I have a right to meet
you in a park and talk privately.  I have a right to see if anyone is
nearby, listening.

In cyberspace, cryptography gives us a right to assemble with control over
who overhears us.

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