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Blaming Encryption

Posted by michael on from the canada-not-available dept.

EisPick writes: "Just as a previous generation wrestled with whether or not to blame physicists for The Bomb, there are some misguided folks who are blaming Phil Zimmermann for the ability of terrorists to communicate confidentially. He tells the Washington Post, 'It has been a horrific few days.'" Meanwhile, John Gilmore has posted far and wide a call to mirror encryption code outside the United States, since export regulations are making a comeback.

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  1. Re:Was crypto used? by Sc00ter · · Score: 3, Funny
    No idea.. but they do know that they didn't use curb side checkin, and that's banned..

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  2. Re:Everything has a good and a bad side... by don_carnage · · Score: 3, Funny
    Bottom line is that almost every tool can be used for good and for evil.

    Yep, which is why I'm surprised that steak knives, cars, hammers, shovels, nail guns, saber saws, toothpicks, forks and computers haven't been banned from American homes yet. *sigh*

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  3. Blame Encryption?? by canning · · Score: 5, Funny
    Don't blame encryption, Blame Canada.

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  4. Re:Technology is not the problem by ph117 · · Score: 2, Funny

    From the BBC article you referenced:

    Before now, there has been speculation that Osama Bin Laden has hidden messages in pornographic images posted and swapped on Usenet, eBay and Amazon.

    However, after analysing over two million images from eBay, Niels Provos and colleagues from the University of Michigan have said they found no evidence of hidden messages. Mr Provos and his colleagues are now extending their work to check more images.

    Yeah, right. Any excuse to look at porn.

    Excuse me - I just have to recheck my stash of porn to see if any contain hidden terrorist communications.