FC: Majority of Americans want anti-encryption laws, poll says

Bram Cohen bram at gawth.com
Wed Sep 19 04:07:28 EDT 2001


On Tue, 18 Sep 2001, Declan McCullagh wrote:

> The survey was commissioned by Newsweek. An explanation from Princeton
> Survey Research Associates and the exact wording of the question asked
> (which did cover privacy and business impact) is here:
> 
> http://www.politechbot.com/p-02530.html

The wording asked if people favor 'reducing' crypto, a wording so horribly
slanted as to be outright misleading - there's a big difference in the way
one 'reduces' emissions from federal vehicles and the way one *bans*
crypto.

-Bram Cohen

"Markets can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent"
                                        -- John Maynard Keynes




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