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Microcap & Penny Stocks : JAWS Technologies - NASDAQ (NM):JAWZ
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To: justaninvestor who wrote (194)4/16/1998 8:04:00 PM
From: saltbox  Read Replies (1) of 3086
 
Very interesting about the hackers cracking the code. Also maddening and frustrating. It's hard to believe that a small band of zealots (paranoics?) can exercise such power ("the only party who has an interest in weakening voice privacy is the National Security Agency"). Will they only approve levels of encryption that can be broken?

I went to your link for "The Center for Democracy and Technology" and found it extremely educational.I went to "Americans for Computer Privacy" and into the "global Internet Liberty Campaign".

I found out that the U.S.(Canada may be similar, but I don't know) seems to stand alone: "...For many countries, cryptography policy is not a significant national issue. For those that have considered the topics, interests in electronic commerce and privacy appear to outweigh the concerns expressed by law enforcement". It then went on to say,...many national intelligence and law enforcement agencies seem to have 'hijacked' the cryptography issue for their own benefits..."

Then, there is a link to a speech Commerce Secretary William Daley gave yesterday (Apr 15). In it he pointed out that at the end of 1997 there were 656 encryption products being made in 29 countries outside the U.S.: "And most of those producers do not need an export license if they want to ship encryption software--a tremendous advantage. Our policy, ironically, encourages the growth of foreign producers at the same time it retards growth here."

What is so amazing, I think, is that the government is being held hostage by the FBI and NSA. The administration says,"we want to change that policy" and the FBI and NSA say,"We won't permit it.") The tail is wagging the dog.

Will JAWZ be able to only sell its' products in foreign countries because of restrictive laws here? Or will world-wide pressure cause restrictions to ease?

You can join "Americans for Computer Privacy" and they will e-mail you with updates. For anyone who's interested, the link is on bbruin's post #185.

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