Sen. Hollings plans to introduce DMCA sequel: The SSSCA

[Jay Sulzberger]

On Sat, 8 Sep 2001, Harald Koch wrote:

> >     It would be a civil offense to create or sell any kind of
> >     computer equipment that "does not include and utilize certified
> >     security technologies" approved by the federal government.
>
> Doesn't this allow the government to (finally?) control *domestic*
> encryption technology also? Ominous...
>
> --
> Harald Koch     <chk at pobox.com>

The Hollings bill simply outlaws private ownership of home computers. It
requires the Ministry of Infotainment to have permanent irremovable root
privileges on every personal computer.  The Ministry is required to run a
complete log of every read and write to the hard disk and of all
connections to the Net.

oo--JS.




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