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To: Frederick Smart who wrote (28004)	9/7/1999 4:38:00 PM
From: PJ Strifas	Read Replies (1) of 42771

Fredrick, If the NSA and MSFT are "in bed" on this cyrptography issue, then why would the government feel it needs new laws to invade homes to plant "software" inside of suspected criminals PCs? Oh, of course, that law was for the FBI, a totally different animal :) But why wouldn't the FBI just work with MSFT to include this type of capability into the OS and hide it within the 40+ million lines of code (for NT5 at least)? Why even expose yourself to the criticism it will bring and the debate that will rage? [as we see now!] This article does point out a few scenarios that show the US government "spying" on other countries. No mention that it is being used internally (yes, I know it can be used that way ). If you ask the public, we'd like our government to have this capability :) It just goes to semantics....just because something can do this or that doesn't mean it will be used that way. If we were to decide everything based on this criteria alone, we wouldn't have lasers for surgery (off shoot of weapons research) or men on the moon (helped by technology used to propel bombs to far off lands). Also I can see part of your argument and agree with it - alot of what Washington is working on doesn't really address what criminals are doing or are capable of doing with internet technology. What the new proposed laws address are the not too clever criminals who are trying to move into new frontiers with the help of technology. Those of us who fully understand how this all works will in most cases fall between the cracks in the proposed laws. In other words, knowledge is power and knowing how all this works (the internet et al) will give you more than enough ability to thwart any monitoring. So that only leaves us with one conclusion right? They must be doing this to spy on the everyday Joe/Joan Public! I just don't buy that. Perhaps the government doesn't fully understand what they need in terms of technology or they are playing very coy about it. Perhaps the people who are writing and proposing these laws are just reading too much about the "dark side" of the internet and are reacting out of fear. If that's the case, then we need a voice - not to fight against them but to enlighten and educate them. We need to show them that technology can help us but not in the ways they are proposing. We need to allow this Brave New World time to grow and mature and not blockade the new freedom we gain each day we log onto the internet. I've read some very interesting books in my lifetime that point to the government using disinformation as well as outwardly looking incompetent to mask real intentions. They may play dumb but are they really? Peter J Strifas

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