[FYI] Did Encryption Empower These Terrorists?

[Ariel Waissbein]

I'd say that terrorist do not much care about laws such as a 
non-encryption law. Come on. Authorities should know better
than that: a team able to get the technical accuracy needed
for driving high-tech comercial planes won't be able to 
circunvent an encryption watch? 

On the other hand I think that this would be a great 
opportunity for passing whatever ridiculous law that
the legislative power came up with. But they do it all
the same. So...

greetings to you all,
Ariel Waissbein

Axel H Horns wrote:
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> http://www.msnbc.com/news/627390_asp.htm
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> Did Encryption Empower These Terrorists?
> 
> And would restricting crypto have given the authorities a change to
> stop these acts?
> 
> By Steven Levy
> 
> NEWSWEEK WEB EXCLUSIVE
> 
> Sept. 11 — “Well, I guess this is the end now. . . .” So wrote the
> first Netizen to address today’s tragedy on the popular discussion
> group, sci.crypt. The posting was referring what seems like an
> inevitable reaction to the horrific terrorist act: an attempt to roll
> back recent relaxations on encryption tools, on the theory that
> cryptography helped cloak preparations for the deadly events.
> 
> BUT THE DESPONDENCY reflected in the comment can be applied more
> generally. The destruction of the World Trade Center and the attack
> on the Pentagon comes at a delicate time in the evolution of the
> technologies of surveillance and privacy. In the aftermath of
> September 11, 2001, our attitude toward these tools may well take a
> turn that has profound implications for the way individuals are
> monitored and tracked, for decades to come.
> 
> [...]
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catching a cold, you can't get rid of it with lemmon tea (y) 
it's inside, it is not some naevus, an epidermal blemish you 
can cover up or cauterise (z) I had no control over it. It was 
there of its own volition, just stopped in and (zz) I was going
bananas.
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