On Mon, 15 Oct 2001, Joel Rivers wrote: > What civil liberties are we giving up? Since when is hacking, > virus-writing, and website defacing a civil liberty? > I'll say that the "increase in government surveillance authority" is > the primary area of concern in regards to "losing civil liberties" in > this bill. If anything, this is the area we should be focusing our > concern, not on harsh penalties for those who are attempting illegal > behavior. the use of crypto, ie in PGP, and the research into vulnerabilities definitely qualify as free speech in many arenas. these laws has the potential to compromise that civil liberty. ____________________________ jose nazario joseat_private PGP: 89 B0 81 DA 5B FD 7E 00 99 C3 B2 CD 48 A0 07 80 PGP key ID 0xFD37F4E5 (pgp.mit.edu)
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